Not knowing what twerking is makes parents uncool, study finds "I'm sure many parents worry about what their children think of them as they get older, especially nowadays when there are so many new technologies and celebrities to keep up to date with," said a spokesman for Modern Family, the TV show which commissioned the research to coincide with the release of their fourth season on Blu-ray and DVD. No one wants to be the uncool and old-fashioned parent that all the kids find amusing. But it's inevitable that at some stage, your children are going to look at you as anything but hip and trendy - the same as most of us thought about our parents at some stage. The study of 2,000 parents who have children aged between 13 and 25, found that having no idea what song is at number one in the charts is most likely to leave them feeling uncool, followed by failing to work an iPhone without asking for help. Not being able to sing along to chart songs, their dress sense and owning a sensible car completed the top five. Other "uncool" actions include trying to get on too well with their children's friends, and not being able to work the TV or DVD player, not having a tattoo and refusing to let their children stay out late or get an ear piercing. The spokesman for Modern Family added: "There's nothing to be ashamed of trying desperately to keep up with the kids, but it's a fact of life that our kids will always have a little bit of shame when we try too hard." The top 30 things that make parents feel uncool Not knowing what is number 1 in the charts Not being able to work an iPhone Not knowing the words to current songs Their dress sense Owning a sensible car Not seeing the attraction in computer games Now knowing what 'twerking' is Not knowing what Spotify is Not letting the children stay out late Making the children wear the correct school uniform Singing and dancing around the house Being a smoker Their hairstyle Wanting to join the children on nights out Not knowing who Harry Styles is Not letting the children get their ears pierced Not letting the children have Facebook account Not letting the children have a mobile phone Not knowing how to work the TV/DVD player Not understanding the need for cable TV Having a Facebook account Not letting children wear what they want Boasting about my children on Facebook Getting on well with their children's friends Not allowing the children to have a tattoo Being a terrible cook Having a tattoo Not allowing the children to have an iPad Not having a tattoo Being too house proud