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Show interest in one another's lives. If one or both parents must be away from home for periods of time, stay in touch by letter, phone, or tape.
Share meals, do household chores together, and enjoy recreational activities as a family. You don't get every day as a family while serving in the Navy, make the best of the time you have.
___Talk to each other and listen.
___Remember that previously unresolved problems may surface.
___Support good things your friends/partner/family have done.
___Go slowly when when re-establishing your place with friends/family.
___Curb any desires to take immediate control.
___Go easy on stories about where you've been/what you've done. Expect a little envy.
___Give each other a little space.
___Expect that things that worked before might not work now.
Support each other and be good listeners to promote understanding and self-worth.