As a parent of a young primary schooler, you’ll want to help your child feel empowered, curious, and resilient. The JennyMany series offers a wonderful template for doing exactly that. Jenny is a fallible yet determined 10‑year‑old, who codes, vlogs, researches, plays with her dog Trixie, and juggles school friendships — all in the pursuit of her passions and ideas. Her world brims with themes that align beautifully with raising aspiration in younger children.

1. Promote curiosity and creativity
Jenny’s love of technology - coding, creating digital worlds, crafting messages and invites - is a reminder to give children hands‑on tools to explore. Whether it’s simple coding games or storytelling using doodles and chat‑style layouts, encourage experimentation without fear of ‘failing’. Celebrate wild ideas -even if they don’t turn out as planned -because that’s where ambition begins.

2. Support teamwork and social courage
Jenny often overreaches or rushes into things - but she learns that big ideas are realised when she collaborates with friends. Show your child how to ask forhelp, share ideas, and listen to others. When their group of friends reflects diversity (like Jenny’s friendship with quiet Harvey Greenacre, who’s finding his own place after moving) children internalise that everyone has value and everyone can shine.

3. Model kindness, confidence and resilience
Jenny isn’t perfect—she makes mistakes, misjudges people like bossy Lindy Lawson, and sometimes rushes through plans, only to learn and regroup. Talk with your child about mistakes and setbacks as normal parts of ambition. Praise ‘having a go’, bouncing back, and owning up when things don’t go to plan.

4. Link wellbeing to ambition
The series actively redefines success as more than grades or popularity.Jenny’s world honours curiosity, empathy, creativity, and wellbeing as equalachievements. Rather than focusing only on prizes or trophies, encourage smallchallenges: maybe learning a few coding lines, creating a small video message,or starting a mini‑project like building a den, or a mini-treehouse from lollysticks or organising a play‑project with friends.

5. Encourage responsible, balanced technology use
Jenny is tech‑savvy—but she balances coding and devices with outdoor play, face‑to‑facechats, and time with Trixie the dog. Let technology be a tool, not a crutch.Work together: maybe film a short animation, then go out for a walk to dream upsome new ideas.

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As a parent of a young primary schooler, you’ll want to help your child feel empowered, curious, and resilient. The JennyMany series offers a wonderful template for doing exactly that. Jenny is a fallible yet determined 10‑year‑old, who codes, vlogs, researches, plays with her dog Trixie, and juggles school friendships — all in the pursuit of her passions and ideas. Her world brims with themes that align beautifully with raising aspiration in younger children.

1. Promote curiosity and creativity
Jenny’s love of technology - coding, creating digital worlds, crafting messages and invites - is a reminder to give children hands‑on tools to explore. Whether it’s simple coding games or storytelling using doodles and chat‑style layouts, encourage experimentation without fear of ‘failing’. Celebrate wild ideas -even if they don’t turn out as planned -because that’s where ambition begins.

2. Support teamwork and social courage
Jenny often overreaches or rushes into things - but she learns that big ideas are realised when she collaborates with friends. Show your child how to ask forhelp, share ideas, and listen to others. When their group of friends reflects diversity (like Jenny’s friendship with quiet Harvey Greenacre, who’s finding his own place after moving) children internalise that everyone has value and everyone can shine.

3. Model kindness, confidence and resilience
Jenny isn’t perfect—she makes mistakes, misjudges people like bossy Lindy Lawson, and sometimes rushes through plans, only to learn and regroup. Talk with your child about mistakes and setbacks as normal parts of ambition. Praise ‘having a go’, bouncing back, and owning up when things don’t go to plan.

4. Link wellbeing to ambition
The series actively redefines success as more than grades or popularity.Jenny’s world honours curiosity, empathy, creativity, and wellbeing as equalachievements. Rather than focusing only on prizes or trophies, encourage smallchallenges: maybe learning a few coding lines, creating a small video message,or starting a mini‑project like building a den, or a mini-treehouse from lollysticks or organising a play‑project with friends.

5. Encourage responsible, balanced technology use
Jenny is tech‑savvy—but she balances coding and devices with outdoor play, face‑to‑facechats, and time with Trixie the dog. Let technology be a tool, not a crutch.Work together: maybe film a short animation, then go out for a walk to dream upsome new ideas.

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Practical ideas for UK parents of 6‑8 year olds:

• Create a ’Passion Project’ corner: a small desk/table where your child can draw, code offline, play with toys, or keep a notebook of ideas like Jenny’s.
• Host mini brainstorming nights: treat idea‑time as family fun - have your child pitch ideas (e.g. a new adventure game); be sure to ask them lots of questions about what they come up with.
• Read and discuss a Jenny Many story together: ask ‘What do you think Jenny learned from that?’ Or, ‘What could Dylan have done differently?’.
• Celebrate community-minded ambition: involve children in small local challenges - helping at school, creating kindness‑themed posters, coding‑club challenges, or dog‑walking with friends.

By blending kindness, curiosity, creativity, collaboration and digital confidence in your children - as embodied in Jenny and her friends - parents can seed lasting aspiration in children aged 6 to 8.The goal? Raising dreamers who are also doers, comfortable with trying, andfailing, and always making positive steps forward.

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