In lesson 1 you learnt about who you are and the emotional changes you go through during puberty. Puberty is an important life changing phase in which you slowly but surely find out who you are and what you want. You have learned the importance of appreciating yourself, including all your strengths and weaknesses.

In puberty not only your personality gets into shape, your body is also maturing. In this lesson we will focus on the physical changes taking place during puberty. As we said in lesson 1, no one changes at the same time and at the same pace. This also applies to your body changes.

These physical changes could make you feel proud but also uncertain sometimes. Your peers and the media can influence your body self-image: the way you feel about your body and look at it. You will learn to be content with your own appearance, have self-esteem and how to cope with uncertainties. It is very important to accept your own body, and accept others as being unique and special in their own way.