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I think this is dangerous unless there is another adult around to supervise.

Recently, my daughter's FIL who is unstable mentally, flew in from where he lives with his demented elderly father. He demanded to be allowed to take his (and our) 5 year old granddaughter for the day on her 5th birthday, alone. We offered to come along to help, but he saw this, in his paranoia, as us trying to supervise him. Where was he going to park the 5 year old (who has autism) while he toilted his dad?

Daughter and son in law said no. He threatened to call CPS (?), screamed, abused and further tantrummed (he's still accusing my daughter of all manner of vile things) which just reinforced their conviction that this was the correct decision.

Please make sure she is properly supervised.
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BurntCaregiver Aug 2022
No. They should not have someone 'supervise' the demented grandmother babysitting. That is ridiculous. The grandmother is no longer independent. She cannot look after babies anymore. She probably can't look after herself anymore and her family should not support the delusion that she still can.
Take the baby to visit. Make sure she knows it's a visit. This is a real living breathing baby. It's not pretend or make-believe. They should not encourage grandma's delusions by supervising her babysitting.
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