[ScottM]

I'm going to take a swag (guess) and say that your parents will listen to someone in a position of authority. Find out if there will be college recruiters at one of your competitions. Invite (beg?) your parents to come to the competition and talk to the recruiters.

Then remind them that people such as;

Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google, and W. James McNerney, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, The Boeing Company, have been elected to the Board of Directors of FIRST

Good luck and persevere.