 Kuehn described Alice as " well @-@ intentioned , canny and sometimes lovable " , but as someone who , at 36 , never grew up , and is still dependent on her parents . Yelin said Alice is " in a state of perpetual adolescence " , and her need to " mother everyone " is " an extreme case of psychological regression or failure to thrive " . Greene wrote that Alice 's " humanitarianism is ludicrous in her world " , and described her as " so furiously at odds with herself " because she is too immature to comprehend what is happening and her actions vary from being helpful to dangerous . 
 Kuehn described Alice as " well @-@ intentioned , canny and sometimes lovable " , but as someone <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>, at 36 , never grew up , and <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>still dependent on her parents . Yelin said Alice is " in a state of perpetual adolescence " , and her need to " mother everyone " <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>" an extreme case of psychological regression or failure to thrive " . Greene wrote that Alice <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>" humanitarianism is ludicrous in her world " , and described her as " so furiously at odds with herself " because she <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>too immature to comprehend what is happening and her actions vary from being helpful to dangerous . 
Kuehn described Alice as " well @-@ intentioned , canny and sometimes lovable " , but as some1 , at 36 , never grew up , and still dependent on her parents . Yelin said Alice is " in a state of perpetual adolescence " , and her gotta " mother everyone " " an extreme case of psychological regression or failure to thrive " . Greene wrote that Alice  " humanitarianism is ludicrous in her world " , and described her as " so furiously at odds with herself " because she too immature to comprehend wht is happening and her actions vary from being helpful to dangerous .