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Prayer is 12 years old and chose not to speak to adults once the pandemic began A little girl from Manchester who refused to speak to adults after the pandemic began is just one child affected by an ‘intensifying emotional health crisis’ faced by youngsters following Covid lockdowns, a charity has said. Twelve-year-old Prayer Oloton David from Newton Heath suddenly stopped talking to adults at school when she went back to the classroom between lockdowns in 2020. It was out of character, her mother Esther David-Osamwen said. Prayer’s selective muteness came as she felt increasingly overwhelmed. Esther said: “My daughter was not so confident before. ....