This airplane plant or spider plant is part of the easy care family.  This plant likes to be watered when the top inch of soil is dry, wants bright indirect sunlight, and can be propagated very easily!  If house plants are new to you, and you don't know if you can keep one alive, this one is for you! 

If you're growing airplane plants outdoors, make sure they are shielded from the sun during the hottest part of the day.

Although spider plants are considered nontoxic to dogs, cats, and children, their dangling plantlets likely will be irresistible to tabbies and toddlers, who might want to grab at, pull on, or even eat them. (The fact that spider plant foliage reportedly also gives cats a hallucinogenic buzz might influence that choice.) However, the shape of those plantlets could make them a choking hazard.