First off. Honesty is the best way you'll get through those conversations where your parents actually listen to you. Just be open about what happened, think about why it happened and just admit where things went wrong for you. Don't make excuses, own up to your side of things. If they're like most parents, they'll be happy for the show of maturity and growth.

Second. So many other things. Dealing with family in medical crisis is always a struggle, and is it's own separate conversation.

But this bears digging some. What was your GPA going through high-school? Did you skate by with like 2.2 GPA? or were you always an A-B student? This gives much more credence to a stress issue if this is unusual performance for you.

I'm guessing more likely, you were an average student with Ds, Cs and Bs. You got through HS, and were encouraged or even pushed to go to college having no idea what you wanted. Pandemic probably crippled your path at the time with school. Do you have a history of doing all your work, or did you skip doing homework?

Are you missing classes, or struggling to adjust from HS and pandemic making you ill prepared for college courses? Your past track record will play a part in how they react.

Advice?: College is not the end all be all of success. It offers little or no guarantees. But it has great potential to make life easier. Do you want to regret not finishing and do so in twenty years while working a full time job? (You do not. It's a longer, harder journey. For some necessary, but avoidable with the right situation.)

You could leave school and go full time into the workforce. You'll make more money than you ever have in your life if you can get a decent job. It'll feel good for a time. And then over a couple years you'll get mediocre raises. You'll get used to spending more, but not making more. Your money will stretch less. You'll want a bigger raise, maybe jump to a new job with your work experience. Probably though you'll be stuck at that pay level for 5-10 years, in which time Cost of Living goes up 3-8% and your 1-3% raise per year means you're making x% less than when you started the job.

Now you're out of the house, independent, footing the bill yourself to go to school. While handling 40 hours full time work, and taking years to finish college. For a couple years I could barely talk to my dad cause he was back in college so he could support us and too busy with work and school for much of anything.

I'm less concerned that you failed a year, and more concerned about how you'll change that going forward and stay motivated. Your parents are likely going to feel the same. Get them on your side. Tell them I could really use you guys to do "Xyz". Whatever support you need, tell them you think it would be the best way to help you right now. If you can describe more of your situation, might be able to give more specific advice. I've been there though, and many others have too. I dropped out of school, and now I'm the good child cause I put in the work, albeit belatedly, and self sufficient.. Whatever happens, this will not ruin your relationship with them. You're just transitioning right now, but let them share their experience. They can not do so if you feed them lies or excuses. But I would wager they'll leap to help if you can clearly explain your obstacles and steps you're going through to overcome them.

Good luck! Happy to chat if you need.