One consequence of the idea of God as Creator was that early Christians, unlike the Greco-Roman tradition, saw children as complete human beings from the time of their birth. Even more importantly, belief in the Creator, which entailed obedience to the commandment not to kill, was used as an argument in support of the unambiguous condemnation of abortion and expositio that we find in the Christian texts. . . .In other words, a child born into a Christian household had a greater chance of actually growing up in that household than a child born into a pagan household. Another change that came in the wake of Christianity was a great reduction in the number of children (especially boys) who were involved in sexual acts with adult men. . . .Christian sexual ethics meant that children were much less exposed to what we today would call sexual abuse than was generally the case in the Greco-Roman world. . . .Christianity introduced new anthropological viewpoints, a new ethical evaluation, and new ideals for upbringing. All of this had effects on the societal life of children.