In a way, it's the same here, my dad is a total jerk BTW, and he's sitting right next to me while i'm writing this talking to one of his freaky friends...
They aren't against me being into pokemon but they don't mind me skyping anyone i don't know either, relax i'm not a pedophile, i've skyped Tkallab, video, period, he knows i'm legit.
well, take this in mind, don't let them stop you, you do what you want to do, not what they want you to, i had the same problem with my dad and home schooling, still do, but eventually i broke free and now im livin legit baby! hehe.
Also, for the record, i'm off the dragon's den because of VERY bad internet, it's gone capoot, my dad says he's gonna fix it today when he's done talking to his freaky friend, you never know what they're talking about cuz the speak algerian, it's WIERD! (googly eyes smiley)