In Year 9, you’re having to make a lot of decisions – about your future GCSE choices, and maybe even about what you want to do when you leave school. Meanwhile, you may find your personal relationships and home life are becoming more complicated. This section includes information about relationships and issues that may be affecting you.
Teenagers often have problems with their parents or carers. Sometimes, the more you try and assert your independence, the more it leads to arguments.
When you first start going out with someone, it’s easiest if the relationship is based on friendship.
If you’ve decided to go ahead with a pregnancy and have a baby, you’ll need plenty of help.
Once you start to have periods, your ovaries are producing eggs, which can be fertilised by sperm if you have sex.
