Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 My daughter's best friend published a book of poems. My daughter Olivia (now 9) has MDS and autism. The parents of her friend and I have always been friendly with each other, but nothing beyond that. Their daughter was recently diagnosed as being epileptic. Yesterday I rec'd a book of poems published and written by the girl's father. In the book he has a poem named " Olivia Lee. " . Not once did he or his wife mention to me that they were working on a book, much less than ask for permission to use my kid's name. The poem is about how they as parents had " serious concerns " about the 2 girls being friends. (The girls were in kinder and first grades together, then separated for 2 and 3 grades). The poem goes on to say that even though she feels " bad " that Olivia is autistic and wishes she was different she still loves her. Needless to say, I am really upset. Especially since not once have these parents ever wanted to talk, much less talk about O's diagnoses. They never cared and just assumed. Worse yet, when I let them know how offended I am, and how I will now have to " deal " with his insensitivity and careless actions, he couldn't even apologize. I'm so angry. I want to handle this delicately so as to not ruin the girls' relationship... But I feel completely violated. Any words of advice as to how to handle this (esp when this poem is read by other children in the school) would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Sophia Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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