When you have such a supportive and understandably father , you yourself always feel motivated and ready to explore more. In fact @tj4real is very fortunate to have such a father who will stand by him and also strong believes in what his ward is doing.
I always have a different perception about African fathers but its like not all of them are the same after all.
For my uncles, I don't know the kind of language you will speak to convince such a person. For Him , his a 'pure african man with african values' who will boldly tell you his too grown to go for such a sitting