Mediator Matthew’s New Year’s Resolutions: 10 strategies divorced parents don’t know

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Mediator Matthew’s New Year’s Resolutions: 10 strategies divorced parents don’t know

Portland, Ore. --- Mediator Matthew House, J.D., divorce mediator and teen advocate, will release his annual “Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Divorced Parents” on his website, www.mediatormatthew.com, on January 11, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. PST. He is available to the media from December 22, 2009 to January 10, 2010 in person, by telephone, or via satellite to discuss the strategies in advance in his trademark “tell-it-as-it-is” style—humorous and frank.

Mr. House’s recommendations are especially pertinent in view of the number of divorced parents who do not presently adhere to those practices. Over 80% of divorced parents in the United States do not presently adhere to Mr. House’s Resolution #6: “Name an alternate guardian for your kids in case of your death.” Nearly 85% of divorced parents do not observe Mr. House’s Resolution #10: “Reevaluate budgets and support each year for new circumstances.” Mr. House is presenting these strategies at the precise time of year when many parenting plans and other elements of divorce agreements are typically reevaluated and redrafted.

Mr. House developed the New Year’s Resolutions for Divorced Parents after several clients in the last year said, “Tell us some simple things that will go the farthest toward making our children’s lives as smooth as possible.” As that request is common to millions of divorced parents, the Resolutions have grown out of Mr. House’s credo, “If I can’t stop divorces, I can stop messy and contentious divorces.”

Every child of divorce deserves that his parents have the wisdom and awareness that Mr. House’s child-focused strategies provide. The Resolutions, consistent with the outspoken approach Mr. House takes to divorce mediation, challenge and entertain the audience while also moving them to action.


About Mediator Matthew House, J.D.: Mediator Matthew House, J.D. holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Oregon and a Juris Doctor from the University of Idaho College of Law. He practices family and divorce mediation in Portland, Oregon. He has appeared on over 20 television and radio programs nationwide, including multiple appearances on several programs, discuss¬ing current issues related to family and divorce and providing guidance to audiences with his hopeful yet direct approach.


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