mesake. Nine-year-old Doug, dying of an inoperable brain tumor, wanted to know more about dying. He wrote to Elisabeth Kuber-Ross to ask why there weren't any books to help kids understand dying. Over the next four years, Doug shared his own message of life and hope with other children in hospitals. Beverly Chappell started the Dougy Center with the determination to open a place that could help children who were dealing with loss.
Children dealing with the loss of a sibling must also deal with the effective loss of a parent or parents who are enveloped in their own grieving process. Sibling bereavement support groups help siblings understand dying from the same frame of reference--from that of others who are in similar stages of development. Brothers and sisters share a special bond. After the connection with parents, the bonds children share with their siblings are the strongest and most constant in their lives. Especially for young children, siblings are a continuing daily presence. Siblings know each other more intimately than anyone else.
Corr (1991, p. 23-27) discusses support for grieving children and the Dougy Center at length in the American Jour
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