these kinds of conversations are important for kids to have with parents
Homeschooling was great for that as it was kind of built in. As you've already observed (seeing as you do Daddy-Daughter Dates so regularly) it's not terribly difficult to do it if you're not homeschooling but it's is actually astounding how few people make that particular effort. Like grocery shopping is so much easier to do without the kids along whining about how they're hungry and tired and bored and just want to go home or be anywhere else doing anything else so most parents will just do it while they're at school or daycare and then miss out on all these fantastic conversation and learning opportunities.
I also want her to understand that there is a lot of manipulation and influence in the world that she should be aware of, so getting into these conversations, is important.
I remember my daughter commenting about how she wanted some fast food after seeing an ad for it and then sighing "I'm so easily manipulated!" in mild exasperation. And this was when she was 12 or so. Smallsteps will be aware of all of this and either be fine or at least have no excuse XD
Yay for having a slightly closer source of Vegemite even if it's borderline cripplingly expensive :)