Unlike many classroom materials of the era that used "innocuous line drawings," this production utilized real footage and abundant nudity to explain the physiological changes of adolescence. The film was designed to provide factual information to youth entering puberty, covering a wide range of essential topics:
The year 1991 was a fascinating pivot point. The Berlin Wall had fallen, Nirvana was about to change music, and the Super Nintendo was launched. But in the stale air of the school gymnasium or the home economics room, puberty education was a strange hybrid of Victorian modesty and "just say no" urgency. Unlike many classroom materials of the era that