Although this is a neglect of a child to some, but it is still up to the parent to raise and determine the best welfare for the own children. This will come to a stop when the mother wishes to enroll the child into school. That said you can call child services, and they will check up on the child and ensure vacation requirements are met. Although some vacations carry a high risk of having a child develop autism due to the mercury that is used to preserve the vaccine.

If you live in the US, you can take the child to the county health facility and get the child's shots at a greatly reduced price.

If she has researched the pros and cons and is doing this by her own decision than there is nothing you can do. If she is just being neglectful then try talking to her. There are so many pros and cons to weigh and with my 3rd son there were a couple of shots that I did not want him to have and I had no trouble enrolling him in school without those shots. I just explained why we didn't and they were fine with that.

Congratulate her? Seriously, I am not sure why so much fuss is made over having children vaccinated. There are many pros and cons and each parent needs to look at them and decide for themselves what is right for them. I have seen a lot of side effects of vaccinations and my own son did not have them all and is a very healthy 21 year old.

There are many reasons that a parent may have for a child not to be vaccinated. Some children are allergic to components of the vaccine. Some vaccines contain mercury which when combined with exposure to other pollutants can cause autism. I even thing that some religions forbid vaccines but I am not sure about that one. If the child is otherwise healthy then I would just leave it alone.

Several of those who have answered this question by criticising the vaccination system have clearly grown up in a generation that never saw the effects of these diseases on children. I had two members of my mother's family fall victim to polio, and it has not been a great life for one of them. A lot of side effects? In all my 51 years, I have only known one severe reaction to a shot. That is considerably less than all the children I know of who have had horrific cases of german measles, measles and mumps. Those unvaccinated children who are now healthy adults are only healthy because the majority of women did vaccinate their children and kept epidemics at bay. Let me give you something to think about: post viral reactions. A child who gets a severe chicken pox case NEVER gets rid of the virus from its system. The CP virus is related to the herpes virus in its virulence. It sits in the system until something triggers it again. And then you have SHINGLES. Which can cause blindness in adults, or even death. Likewise polio. If a child is exposed to polio, even a light dose, once again the virus sits in the system. 30, 40 or 50 years later, the symptoms of polio can reeappear, causing great pain and possibly death. You should have heard the stories my mother told of the bad old days before vaccinations were available. You should also travel to countries where they are still not available and see the damage to children caused by these diseases. (I do. I do voluntary aid work in Asia) Those mothers would queue for days to get vaccinations for their children.

Unless there is a severe case of neglect or children are being beaten to a pulp everyday or something like that, I think that people should keep their noses out of other peoples family business. It should be nobodies business how somebody chooses to raise their children. Nobody should have the right to tell a mother or a father what kind of medical care that their children should get either. That should be up to the family totally 100%. I think that people these days are going over board with the medical interventions, that nobody knows for sure if are all that safe.

wow i've never answered such a controversial question...but i did decide to have my son vaccinated. but i do not critisize those who do not chose to have their children vaccinated. it is a decision completely up to the parents'. but i would highly recommend parent's having their children vaccinated if your doctor or health care professional highly suggests it. i am a young single mother who completely trusts the advice given to me by my son's health nurse. and since my son was born premature, and his immune system was weak, i did what i thought was best. i'd rather my son be protected then take a chance with his health. he is everything to me and after my very complicated pregnancy, i won't take any risks with my little angelic boy.