Not sure how this stuff works in the US but shit... The Dad deserves to go bankrupt over his son's medical bills tbh.
I don't have any kids or anything but after having a childhood of trying to impress an uninterested dad I do feel for the kid, this is all he knows. I think he probably does like skating and want to do it but I also think his general idea of why he enjoys it might be terribly skewed. Putting mental and physical stress on this child for what? Investment? Self-gratification? Living vicariously?
Anyway I don't personally know anyone involved, only read the stuff on this thread, so I might just not know the real scope.