Watching and Listening

My most significant observation at this point is this: Just because children aren't at the center of what's happening, doesn't mean they aren't affected by what's happening. And it doesn't mean they're not important. They were important enough to feed and spend resources on, to care for and nurture to adulthood. I think it's safe to say, that all through scripture children were there, somewhere. Read the endless geneologies. And God kept his promise to Abraham - something about "more than the sands of the sea"?

Healthy children are always watching and listening. And even if they weren't "there" at the time of the story, they probably heard alot of the stories after the fact. Children as Audience? Children as Spectators? God doesn't often talk about them.

God made every human being to begin his/her life as a child. Not to stay there, but to start there. Healthy children are always watching and listening and learning from the grown-ups around them.

Which leads me to ask, what about the generations that didn't follow God? What did the generation that didn't follow God see and hear as children? What happened with their adults and how did it affect them?