A Case of the Human Condition: Four-Year-Old Girls — The Last Bastion of Pretty

4 preschool ballerinas in tutus at barre. Photo by BF Newhall

Four pretty girls. Christina is second from right in the pink leotard and white tutu. Photos by BF Newhall.

By Barbara Falconer Newhall, The Oakland Tribune, September 1987

“What does Christina have on today?” M.J. wanted to know.

M.J. and Christina are friends. They ran into each other while shopping for tutus.

M.J., who is 4, was wearing a dress.

She looked pretty.

Christina, newly 4, was wearing dungarees.

She looked OK.

My sister-in-law Alice had warned me [Read more...]

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