Look Who's Growing Up

Those awful after school films we were forced to sit through about "growing up" (you know which ones I mean) have come a long way since I sat cringing and confused in the school cafeteria. Look Who's Growing Up features two bright high schoolers who have been through puberty and (gulp!) survived. Quickly and adroitly handling the embarrassing stuff about menstruation and pubic hair, they move on to the emotional and social changes kids experience at that age, touching on cleanliness, good nutrition, peer pressure, crushes, premarital sex, AIDS, stress, and goals. It's a fast-paced, wide-ranging, frank conversation, reinforced with short quizzes and good natured bantering. Highly recommended. Aud: I, J. (E. Druda)