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In this paper a concept is presented, that supports awareness and emotional communication between family members, distributed over multiple intelligent home environments. A technical communication infrastructure is presented, which allows connecting different types of input and output devices. This platform is extended by several examples of emotional user interfaces, which address the individual needs of different user groups. (10 pages)