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There are certain questions in life you wouldn’t necessarily ask your parents, can’t really ask your teachers and definitely shouldn’t Google. Things like ‘What’s the difference between porn and real sex?’ ‘What’s it like to take drugs?’ and ‘Seriously, what’s the worst that could happen…?’

You could try asking your friends but they probably don’t know either and might just make something up to try and look clever (which is how urban myths about people getting stuck together during sex started. It. Never. Happened. Trust). Ideally, what you need for these kinds of discussions is a knowledgeable Big Sister type character but a) not everyone has a big sister and b) older siblings tend to be really busy rebelling/defiantly pushing the boundaries of what your parents consider to be acceptable behaviour.

So that’s why this book happened. The Self-Esteem Team (the Universal Big Sisters to young people across the globe) answer the questions that the thousands of teenagers they have met during the course of their work have asked most often.

The Self-Esteem Team each have jobs in showbiz/media and so understand exactly how bizarre the modern world can be. They have met a lot of important experts, attended A LOT of (often fist-gnawingly dull) conferences and, between them, they know quite a bit about mental health and body image. But more importantly, they also remember what it was like to be a teenager and how being patronised made them want to kick the wall while making an ‘UHHHHHH!!!’ noise.

So what you will find is that their answers are honest, sometimes funny, full of compassion and occasionally a bit sweary – because there is no reason why they shouldn’t talk to you in the same way they talk to each other (which is always honest, funny, compassionate and a bit sweary).

The Self-Esteem Team hope this book helps you be the best version of you, while rocking your own unique brand of gorgeous, so you can successfully navigate this crazy thing we call life…