Here's the situation:

I attend OEYC play groups twice a week (sometimes more in the summer, as they are held outside in alternating parks). Let's call this child "Susie". She is 16 months old, and a sweet little thing. I know her mother through these play groups, and we chat often, but are not close friends.

A couple of months back, I met a fellow care provider in the park across from my home. She is very sweet and personable, but I noticed that she wasn't really paying as much attention to her kids as she was to me. She also attends the same play group, and has recently begun caring for Susie part time.

Today, we are at the outdoor play group, and the fellow care provider is there with Susie and two other children. The care provider sat and socialized the ENTIRE time we were there, which was at least two hours. I was playing with my little ones, and Susie was following us around, as she kinda knows me. Three times, I had to intervene with Susie. One time, she was climbing a ladder on a play structure designed for older children, and nearly fell about five feet to the ground. Another time, she got her foot caught in a chain rope. The third time, she fell on her face, and had sand in her eyes. Her care provider did not once glance back at her cries, or as far as I could tell, to even see where she was or what she was doing.

So do I say something? And if yes, to who? The care provider, the mother or the agency through which she was hired? I feel nervous to confront any of them, but I would feel terrible if anything happened to Susie when I was not around. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.