However, if at any time you worry that your child isn’t expressing joy, communicating thoughts, or reflecting an understanding of your language, visual cues, and behavior talk with your child’s doctor. Here’s a few signs that your child is developing great communication skills on time. Competitive parenting makes us all a little nuts…

That might just be the “worrier” in me, but it might just be the “mom” in me, too. With each of my boys, I had worries about their communication and thought their language delays or behaviors signaled something serious. Considering how dark and potentially controversial Jessica’s backstory is, that was a very smart move.Many parents worry about their child’s development at one point in time. By including Walker, Jessica Jones hints at a wider universe of heroic women and also allows Jessica’s story the freedom to be the story of an individual character, rather than representative of all of the female heroes unsung so far in the MCU. The addition of Walker takes some of the burden of representation off Jessica Jones, which, as Marvel’s first-ever female superhero show (although you’re always super in my mind, Peggy Carter) might otherwise been pressured to be all things to all women. And she’s not doing it because she has a traumatic past - although her childhood wasn’t exactly sunshine and rainbows, we find out later - she’s doing it because people need to be helped, because good things need to be done, and because there’s no reason why it can’t be her doing the helping and the things.

Friend of The Mary Sue Susana Polo writes over at Polygon,Ī few episodes into Jessica Jones it’s revealed that after Jessica’s attempts to become a superhero failed, Trish decided that even if she doesn’t have superpowers like her foster sister, there’s no reason she can’t be a superhero. It actually ends up being a really great mirror for her.Īs impatient as I am to see Carol on-screen already, I’m excited that Trish has been getting her due lately, both in a new series written by Kate Leth, and in Netflix’s Jessica Jones. Trish also offers a perfect counterpoint to Jessica’s character in the new series, and makes me optimistic for the future of female superheroes in the MCU. It was better that her best friend was not someone with powers. Patsy Walker ended up being an incredibly-a much more appropriate fit with Jessica.

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