The Children of the COVID-19: Haydens Corner

Stephen King’s 1984 movie Children of the Corn tells the story of a malevolent entity referred to as “He Who Walks Behind the Rows” which entices the town’s children to ritually murder all the town’s adults, and a couple driving across the country, to ensure a successful corn harvest.

He Who Walks Behind the Rows

Growing up in the ’80s the big screen movie theatre was the equivalent of an 85 inch HDTV in your living room now. Stephen King’s Children of the Corn hit movie theatres in 1984. A story about how children murdered adults, and their parents from the influence of “He Who Walks Behind the Rows.”

Many veterans who grew up in this era flew the coop and went to serve our country. Starting families while on their twilight tours, or others who started early on in their careers. The remaining currently isolated in fear now.

While public schools sit empty many of these veterans children are learning to cope with their own current situations. While learning how to receive an education virtually. Plus stay inside and avoid their friends at the park.

As I sat at the dinner table today to talk with my 10-year-old son I asked him the hard questions. The first time I actually realized I had asked him for the entire pandemic. It’s never too late to start today. Conversations matter.

Hayden did not struggle with depression nor did he have a history of mental health problems. He was a normal healthy and happy kid who was unprepared for social isolation. His parents attribute Hayden’s emotional suffering to a “perfect storm of routine disruption, social isolation, increased gaming, and a pressure stack of activity cancellations,” all created by the government’s mandated stay-at-home orders in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Photo Credit and H/T Hayden's Corner

Coronamania