The entire film is about the discovery of sex among a group of young teens

A girl is seen dressing, but no extreme nudity is shown.

Two boys discuss having sexual dreams, including one boy's dreams about his mother. In the same scene, one boy is asked if he's ever seen a naked girl.

One boy is seen lusting over his busty piano teacher, and she is seen taking off her blouse to expose her bra.

A boy is scene looking at an erotic picture, and masturbating.

A boy writes an essay explicitly talking about sex, and it is refered to several times throughout the film. He outwardly uses the words penis and vagina.

Two girls talk about how they have been sexually abused by their parents.

A girl lifts up her skirt in front of a boy. A boy and a girl go into a hayloft and have sex. The boy's butt and the girl's breasts are briefly shone. They are later shown putting their clothes back on.

A girl wears only a long, white shirt, its implied that the shirt came from a man she had sex with. There are several implication in the same scene of this girl having sex with several men much older that she is.

Two young boys kiss each other.

A girl discovers she is pregnant. Her mother takes her to get a coat hanger abortion.

A boy is whacked with a rod by his teacher.

A girl talkes about being abused, and shows her friends the bruises she has.

A girl asks a boy to beat her with a stick, he does and she crumples to the ground, weeping.

A boy is slapped seveal times by his father.

A young boy shoots himself. The actual shooting is now shown, but we see the boy stick the gun in his mouth.

A group a boys gang up on another boy and hit him several times

A boy pulls out a razor with the intention of slitting his wrists, but then does not.

There is a song titles "The B**** of Living" and another song titled "Totally F*****" There are seveal other uses of F*** D*** and H***

One boy offers a cigarette to his friend. They are both fourteen.

Two young girls talk very in depth about being sexually and physically abused by their parents.

Seveal boys at a reformatory gang up on another boy and beat him.

A young boy threatens to kill himself, and later shoots himself. (His death is not shown)At his funeral, his father weeps bitterly.

A pregnant girl gets an abortion and dies of blood loss. (Not shown) A boy visits her graves and uncontrolably cries, and attempts suicide.