I wish more Asian parents were supportive of skateboarding. I still keep in contact with 1 of the kids who bought a bunch of gear off me, giving him tips on his Ollie and kick flip, basic stuff. He shared with me his parents thought it was a waste of time, hearing stuff like that breaks my heart. Wished his parents realized there's more to their kid's life than doing well in school and organized sports, be thankful your son is applying himself to something physical and can teach him lots of life lessons like tenacity, stepping outside your social circle and being around kids less fortunate than yourself.
My mom was always supportive, must have broke her heart every time she had to bring me to the hospital for a rolled ankle or hyper-extended elbow. She was always cool with all the guys and let them crash at our place even though we were gross teenagers who didn't care too much about personal hygiene. When we wanted to build a box she searched the yellow pages for plywood suppliers and even used her tiny sedan to transport 2 pieces of 7ft coping.
I'm really thankful she was so chill and supportive about me skating, I attribute a large part of my love for skateboarding to her. Also she taught me to friendly to everyone, so that helped me open up to more people at skate spots and parks, some of whom are my current skateboarding friends.