If you are going to work abroad for an extended period of time you will possibly be taking your family with you. They will have to deal with the same cross cultural contact as you but in quite a different way.
Peparation
Preparation classes before going abroad can make your family aware of the issues that living cross-culturally can raise. An awareness of their own culture and a beginnners guide to their new culture will lessen the stress of culture shock that inevitably strikes after the inital 'honeymoon' period comes to an end.