Your Parents and Cubing

Mom thinks it's stupid and that i'm obsessed, Dad encourages it because when he was 13 in 1981 his PB was around 45 seconds which at the time was only seven seconds from the world record. I keep trying to get him to let me teach him the beginner method again since he has long forgotten.
 
My parents support my cubing! They love seeing me solve cubes. They don't particularly like the loud noises some of the cubes make though xD
 
My parents actually love the fact that i cube, before in middle school i was kinda pot head/skater so actually cubing has allowed me to become a normal human and now cubing has alllowed me to focus on being normal, now the benefit is me being normal= easier to get them bootayyys!!!!
 
My parents don't care one way or another.

If I do well in school, do extracurricular activities, and don't ask to go to too many competitions, they'll bring me wherever and let me buy whatever(on my own paycheck, of course).
 
My parents are totally fine with me Cubing, but they don't understand me waiting a month for a megaminx from China, then solving it in 4 hours on the first day, and immediately start shopping for a new cube.

Anybody else have that happen sometimes?
 
my mom gets tired of the sound from time to time. my dad thinks its pretty cool. And my girlfriend thinks its awesome and im in the process of teaching her, i just bought her a Stickerless (pink) Aolong. She is super excited.
 
Mine dislike when I do it too much >100 solves per day or if I spam tps when they are trying to sleep but we've come to a nice agreement and they respect my hobby and I respect that sometimes I go over the limits of annoying them with it, they don't hate it.
 
My parents are supportive of it because it keeps me busy and is a good activity, but they don't like it when I cube way too much, like 200 solves. They help keep me from getting distracted during the school year.
 
My parents like it probably because its the only thing I do that gets me out of the house...
Also, they see it as an intellectual kind of thing, even though they know it doesn't take a genius to do it. They see it helps me break the ice when I meet new people, and gives me the ability to impress people, things like that.
 
some parents might get bored with cubing simply because it can be incomprehensible to them. I don't think there are a lot of people that hate it. I do see a lot of parents driving children an hour or more to compete.
 
Mine actually do hate it, but I think that may be towards my families issues (it's a long story). Anyway, they say that it is "repetitive" because you always go from one state (scrambled) to another state (solved). They are many logical counter-arguments to this, but they don't work on my parents. Another argument some parents may make is that ti is not as active as sports (you just exercise your hands and your mind) and that it may take away from someones grades. To that I agree with everyone else: Moderation is key.
 
Both of my parents are very supportive of it, my father used to drive me to every comp until I moved to my mothers, now I can drive/fly anywhere there is a comp! But back to topic, no, my parents do not hate cubing. In fact, they ask me questions about it quite a lot, including EXACTLY how to solve it, tips, whether or not I can teach people well, etc etc.
 
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