Star children: Find mourners and hope in East Tyrol!

Star children: Find mourners and hope in East Tyrol!

Lienz, Österreich - In the venerable framework of a podcast, Monika Pucher-Schweiger announces that her son Nico, a so-called “star child”, is celebrated with a cake on his birthday. Star children are those who died before or shortly after birth. This tragic reality raises many questions, and Monika, who leads a self -help group for affected parents, emphasizes how important it is to recognize the grief for these children. In many cases, parents feel on their own when their hopes and dreams suddenly break. The self-help group, founded by Monika and her co-director Maria Radziwon in Lienz, offers a protected space for the exchange and memory of the lost children, such as Dolomitenstadt .

A central aspect of their work is to help parents live their grief and process the loss of a child. It is essential that parents and siblings are included in the mourning process in order to develop a healthy understanding of loss. Maria Radziwon also supports as a hospital chaplain in the naming of the children in order to give them a place in family history. Another touching ray of hope is the possibility of making memory photos of the deceased children, as the organization "Your Star Child" enables in cooperation with regional photographers. Such pictures offer comfort in times of grief, report the two women who also do not lose sight of the needs of the siblings during this process, since Mourning work, how important emphasizes how important is open and honest handling of death for children.