Hayden Panettiere is on the cover of the latest, July issue of Seventeen magazine. The 19-year-old Heroes star opens up about love,  family and her dad’s 2008 domestic violence arrest. Interview highlights, pictorial and behind-the-scenes video after the jump!

On her dad’s 2008 arrest for felony domestic violence against her mother: “I don’t know that I dealt with it any specific way. I mean, it’s hard enough going through it personally within your family, let alone when the entire world knows about it.
It put my dad in this light that is so not him. You know your mind goes to: ‘He abuses, he beats his wife.’ For my dad to have that reputation now — which is so not who he is — kills me.”

On protecting her parents: “I know that I’m strong enough to deal. I’m less concerned about myself. But when it involves my family or people I care about, I mean, I’ll fly off the handle for my family.”

On dating: “I don’t know how to date. I’m not good at learning that sometimes you don’t like someone in that way — and figuring out how to deal with that. Because I don’t want to hurt his feelings. Right now, I’m just enjoying having fun. It’s when your not looking for anything that something winds up coming along, whether it’s a best friend or a guy.”