I Need Advice on Family Matters?

Ok, my dad was raised in an abusive environment. He was taken out of the house when he was 13 and he was moved around through foster homes until he was 18. He says that he never had a good father figure. Now, in 2013, I'm 14 years old, and we aren't doing that bad. We have a nice house, my parents have stable jobs, I do well in school, and my parents aren't divorced. My dad claims that he tries hard to be a good father, but he sometimes has these anger fits. He will come home and just yell and blame my sister and I for stuff that we had no part in. He yells so loud that it seems like the whole neighborhood can hear it. Some of the comments he makes to me are horrible and dehumanizing. Then, when I go out in the community (school, church, etc.), I act like everything at home is fine. Then when my friends ask why I don't have an email, iPhone, or a Facebook, or any of that, I have to explain that my dad is super strict. I have done extremely well in school, have done well in sports, and other extra-curricular activities, but he is never impressed.So, I need advise on a couple things.

1) How should I address these anger fits? Should I just take the comments and ignore their meanings, or should I do something about them?

2) I have tried addressing such things like an email and a Facebook that I need for school and extra-curricula's, and he ignores them. How should I request for such simple things like an email?

3) What else can I do to try to convince him to gift me with an iPhone? I have done everything I could to impress my parents, and he is against the iPhone. I have come to the revelation that he won't reward me until his anger against me has stopped, but what else can I do?

Grow up get a job and buy your own phone

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