Originally Posted by deafbajagal

I have a new student who likes to bite (a lot) in my class. Should I tell the other kids' parents that there is a biter in the class? I'm worried about confidentiality laws (but I will never tell the parents "who" the biter is unless it is that child's parent). At the same time I feel that parents should know. If my daughter is in the class, I would want to know. My boss says it is up to me, which is another way of saying she doesn't know what to do either.

What do you think? Should I tell the parents?