The phenomenon of super hero’s with strength and super powers is something that fascinates children, something magical, yet real and exciting! What is it that intrigues and delights children’s minds when it comes to the likes of Spider-Man, Elsa or Batman. Maybe the idea of flying or zapping someone with fire or ice. However, It seems that it’s not about hurting anyone, it’s about the unreal or concepts that strike us as unusual. Whatever it is, the costumes, the powers or the hero’s themselves, children are really knowledgeable about their characteristics. After a recent conversation about super powers with a group of children it was clear they actually knew more than me. I was willing to share my knowledge of the Bionic man and Wonder Woman with them, however these 70’s super hero’s lacked magic or supremacy when it came to the super powers of today. And so I was given a lesson of what real super hero’s of the 21st century looked like for children today. I was captivated by the children’s descriptions. It was all about power, strength magic and fantasy. The day after our in-depth conversation two children came in dressed as Superman and Spider-Man. I was quite surprised because this was not something we had discussed. I then realised this could have been a conversation they would have had with their families that morning, when deciding what to wear. Research has explored the relationship between children’s exposure to superheroes and their development of moral values. A recent study that involved kindergarten children drawing heroes and heroines, found that children’s artwork which included superheroes such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman suggested that they learned moral values from the superheroes they watched on television. While there were concerns associated with these implications, given that children’s conversations and artwork depicted both positive and violent behaviour, It was argued that the current popularity of superheroes is potentially problematic because children know that heroes are often rewarded for aggressive or violent behaviour and that children might learn to emulate such violent behaviour. Although these concerns are legitimate, I argue that due to the complexity of superheroes’ lives, they can positively influence the development of children if they are taught not to focus on the violence but on the values superheroes promote. When the children asked me where my costume was today, I told them that ‘wonder-women said that her costume wouldn’t fit me, but big bear said I could borrow his. After telling the children that big bears super power was cuddles, the children were happy with this and accepted me in their group of superhero’s 💗