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Well, Barbara's supposed to be the same age as Dick Grayson, who's only about 21 or 22 in the New 52 continuity, so it makes sense that she'd look younger too. I know that continuity-wise that it doesn't really add up, since now both of their careers are ridiculously compressed, but that's more the fault of DC trying to have their cake and eat it too when it comes to the Bat-Family history in the reboot.
Personally, I think they should've hit the hard reset on Batman just like they did with everybody else. If Barbara's Batgirl again, have her just be Batgirl, not the Superheroine Formerly Known As Oracle. It's pretty clear at this point that they don't have any plans to do anything with Stephanie Brown or Cassandra Cain, so Batgirl should have already filled the "late-teen/early-twentysomething girl superhero" slot from the start-- y'know, Batgirl, not The Other, Not-Lesbian Batwoman.
Really, though, I'm just happy that they're giving a major character a more upbeat-sounding book-- anything from DC that isn't more depressing ultra-violent garbage can only be a good thing, right?
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