Media and digital literacy are not going to stop superhero copycat play in six-year-olds on the playground. They are also unlikely to influence a teen’s choice of movie for Saturday-night viewing, or what types of games they want to play with their friends. But what media education can do is give young people the tools to respond thoughtfully and critically to media content. It can help kids to put media violence into perspective, to analyze what media violence means and how it relates to the real world.