Dear Lactnetters: I was reviewing an article for the International Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect. The study was conducted in Greece and they were looking for factors that related to abuse vs. abuse prevention in high risk families. One of the variable that they found to be protective was BREASTFEEDING!! Yeah! It was not a strong of protector as some of the other factors, but this was the first time I had ever even seen it included as a variable. The article is still under review so I won't have a citation for about a year. Nevertheless, I couldn't wait to share empirical support for what many of us have known. Kathy Kendall-Tackett