My mother has watched many of her grandchildren throughout the years and now wants to watch the youngest great-grandchild who is only a few months old. When told no, she cries and gets upset until her mother gives in. This is extremely upsetting to some of us. She is now watching the infant. Is this even legal?
Maybe you are just getting the wrong information here b/c it's really too much to believe any mother in her right mind would allow an elder with extreme dementia to 'babysit an infant all day long'. It IS against the law as others have pointed out, it's called child endangerment, and if this is truly happening, the mother of the infant has to be reported for it. The child can die and the mother will go to prison for it, in reality, for knowingly hiring a babysitter who has extreme dementia!
Put it to her like that (the baby's mother), and say that YOU will report her to the authorities for CHILD ENDANGERMENT and see what she has to say!
It's mind boggling to me that nobody has the cajones to stand up to a demented elder and would rather put her infant's LIFE at risk instead! Appalling.