A plant is a plant! So I wholeheartedly agree with your take on it! And yes I'm a parent.. I've got an 8 and 6 year old and they LOVE gardening too. There nothing is quite like the smiles you get when their little seedlings start taking off! My son definitely is more into the veggies and the girlie loves her flowers. Right now we're waiting for a seed pod from our frangiapani to open... I'm SOOOO excited to start some more of them as they're one of my favorite flowers. I also work with tinctures, infusions, aromatherapy, and make my own cleaning products! I too embrace an "alternative" lifestyle.. if ya wanna call it that. Yep, I'm one of them wacko work at home homeschoolers! But since my 6 year old son is reading at a 3rd grade level and is constantly researching things about the solar system I didn't even know, I must be doin something right! LOL! I don't think she's really going to go around saying "I helped transplant the pot plants" or anything like that.. I'm sure it would be more like "I helped garden today". And even then if someone asked what kinda plant, what's she gonna say? Spices or the big ol bushy pot plant? LOL! Ya know? Kids pick up on the energy their parents put off, so if you're treating it like any other plant, she will too.