The FREE 2019 Prevention Resource Guide outlines the six protective factors (see below), or "attributes of families typically associated with lower incidents of child abuse and neglect. Extensive research has shown when these protective factors are present and robust in a family, the likelihood of abuse and neglect diminishes and the family environment becomes healthy and optimal for the development of children."
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