2012 Readers' Choice Awards

From Denise Witmer, former About.com Guide

Parents, teens, and survivors are lucky that Elin Stebbins Waldal has the courage to share her own harrowing experience with teen dating violence. At 17 she unwittingly fell in love with an abusive man. Tornado Warning is the true, honest portrait of how he whittled her down--with words, hands, and weapons--from a confident teen to the shadow of a woman. Take a look at Tornado Warning, A Memoir of Teen Dating Violence and Its Effect On A Woman.

Our other Best Parenting Teens Book finalists:

• Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall
• Parenting Teens With Love And Logic
• The Five Love Languages of Teenagers
• Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No

Winners for each of our contest categories:

• Best Television Show for Families with Teens
• Coolest Parenting Teens Gadget
• Best Website for Teens
• Best Website for Teens: Gaming and Virtual Worlds
• Best Parenting Teens Book
• Best Book for Teens
• Best Movie for Families with Teens
• Best Online Store for Teen Fashions
• Coolest Educational Site for Teens