Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Gifts I am a music teacher. I keep my students most of the time for 3 full years. In addition, I teach many of their siblings. I am the only guitar teacher in my county, and therefore, my course is extremely popular, and in many cases, I will have two or more siblings from the same family over the course of years. My problem is that because I do get closer to my students' families, they often send in gifts for various occasions or holidays. Our code of ethics states that educator's may not accept gifts in any form from students or parents. How do I handle this? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I have worked in several schools and gifts were never an ethics violation. However, if necessary, I would inform all parents at the beginning of the year that gifts could not be accepted. Reminders close to big holidays would be helpful.