[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No, it was not because she was interested in boys but because boys and her appearance were all to her. In fact boys came in second.

Being interested in your appearance is not bad but when it becomes all consuming you have diminished yourself.

This was a time when advertisements were pushing the concept that appearance was all. What was inside was not important, surface was the only thing that mattered. This was Lewis way of telling girls that you are worth more then your flesh.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yes - "going on to the silliest time of ones life as fast as one can, and then trying to stop there as long as one can" -

I think there is every hope that Susan came to Aslan's Country by another road.