Do plants have children that they feel emotional attached to?

So far, there has been no scientific indication that plants have emotions. There is probably a lot yet to be learned about the sensory abilities of plants (in my opinion), but emotions are on a whole different level of cognition. read more

It's not even clear to what extent complex animals like lizards feel emotions, and lizards have proper brains. Plants don't have children the way animals (including humans) do, either. Reproduction by seed means that a plant's offspring may be quite a distance away from the parent plant. Even for plants that drop seeds close by, the "kids" grow up 100% independently. read more

Some plant scientists insist they are — since they can sense, learn, remember and even react in ways that would be familiar to humans. Michael Pollan, author of such books as "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "The Botany of Desire," wrote the New Yorker piece about the developments in plant science. read more