Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Youth Quotes

Children are pretty good at exaggerating, and since they don't have fancy words like "atrocious," "abominable," or "grievous," a long list of okay words is gonna have to do. There's another thing here, too: the sense of doom, the decision to be upset before the day has really begun—it's a telltale sign of the rigid thinking of a young child.

Or a politician.

Alexander's room shows some obvious signs of little-kid-ness. Sure, he may talk a big game with his long narrative and pseudo self-awareness, but from the very beginning, we know he's a teddy-bear-snuggling, toy-train-playing, drum-banging little kid.

Kid Logic. That's the best word for it. How else could the ice cream make it all the way down under?