Don't be surprised if one day, your four-year-old wants to don a cape and rush off to catch some baddies. And don't be alarmed either.
'Superhero play' can appear to be aggressive - and might even include 'weapons' - but it should be harmless play fighting, and there is much that your child can learn from it.
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'Superhero play' is a favourite with four and five-year-olds, and though more popular with boys than girls, girls do act out superhero stories as well.
Children imagine being all sorts of 'goodies' and 'baddies'. As well as caped crusaders, like Batman, or action heroes, like Ben 10, they also enjoy pretending to be characters like martial arts experts, knights and aliens. Witches, princes and princesses also count.
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