Scarr’s Notion basically says that you don’t need to stress over raising your children. Many things parents worry about are insignificant and have no major effect on how your child turns out when he/she ages.
For example, whether or not you have your child go to public school or private school doesn’t determine how successful they will be when they get older.
I personally believe that you don’t need to stress about making sure your child has the best of everything, and I don’t believe we have to stress as much over the smaller things when it comes to raising children. Children will turn out the way they will regardless of many factors. But… I also believe that there are some factors that need to be addressed and payed attention to when it comes to your child’s wellbeing and development.
I agree and I think that Erickson and Sulivan do a good job at highlighting the aspects of development that a parent should be both involved in and a participant of. I would also argue that this notion could very easily be misinterpreted and allow parents to justify their lack of parenting etc. However, for the "ordinary parent" I could see validity in this.
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