Newt's capture by the aliens forces Ripley to realize she is willing to die to save her. This demonstrates a selfless motherhood, unlike the queen's selfish motherhood. Writing for the "Los Angeles Times", Nancy Weber wrote that as a mother, she saw in "Aliens" the constant vigilance required to protect her child from predators, sexism and threats to childhood innocence. Leilani Nishime believed despite the focus on motherhood, the nuclear family is represented in "Aliens" with a mother (Ripley), father (Hicks), daughter (Newt) and a loyal, self-sacrificing dog (Bishop).