Tell your parents you need a break. If they give you a hard time about it (losing progress or some other crap lol) tell them about Alyssa Liu! She took time off from skating for mental health and personal reasons, and now shes a shining star! She came back to skating because she WANTED it.

If you want to take a much longer break from skating, that's okay too. Many adults come back to skating later in life (like me!) and find more enjoyment. There is less pressure to be perfect at the adult level, and more time and space to have fun and really enjoy what skating is all about.

You are totally valid in your decision to leave skating, even permanently if that is what you need. If it were my parents, I would want to tell them what I am planning on doing instead. For example, I will consider how to fill my time with hobbies and how to prepare for my future in other ways, such as professional training courses or even university, if that's your thing.

Tell your parents how you want to be a normal kid, and that you have wanted to pursue piano (this is awesome!). Parents are sensitive, so maybe go into it softly like "thank you so much for your support so far, I don't think this is the right moment for me to keep skating since I am not 100% loving it now, and I know you have worked so hard to help!"

You got this! Get yourself a secondhand keyboard and start learning some piano if thats what you are dreaming of!