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Jessica Rowe

Jessica Rowe

Jessica Rowe is a journalist, author and television personality.

My daughter is in year 12, and I want her to know this about her final exams

As a parent, I’m fed up with a system that values marks over emotional intelligence.

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Chase joy, and eight other life lessons I live by

A recent birthday prompts me to share the wisdom I’ve acquired over 55 years on the planet.

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Jessica Rowe (right, with her mother, Penelope) in one of the “silly hats” she packed for her Scandinavian cruise.

I spent two weeks on a Nordic cruise with my mum. Here’s how it went

Mum rolls her eyes at me when I tell her about my fascination with Norse goddess Freya.

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Jessica Rowe with her two daughters, Allegra and Giselle Overton.

The hardest part about parenting teenagers isn’t the awkward conversations, it’s this

I’m still struggling with the letting go that comes as your children get older.

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Peter Overton And Jessica Rowe in 2021

Last time I was in Paris I’d hoped for a marriage proposal. It wasn’t to be

My now-husband, usually a fan of the predictable, later explained that he wasn’t going to do the clichéd proposal.

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Self-described “crap housewife” Jessica Rowe on The Cook Up with Adam Liaw.

The worst part of being a grown-up is coming up with a family meal each evening

Food is glorious, but the cooking part has never been my strength.

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Jessica Rowe and her daughter, Allegra.

Just like Kris Jenner, I’ve become my daughter’s ‘momager’

My eldest is pursuing her fashion dreams and recently signed with a modelling agency.

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‘I loved books as a child. Never did I imagine that I would become a writer’

Though I was a journalist, I saw myself as sharing facts and information, never as a ‘serious’ author.

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What I saw inside the Harry Styles mosh pit warmed my heart

Love, acceptance and celebration roar through the stadium. I get it, I see why he is so special to so many people.

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Jessica Rowe: ‘The many lessons my daughters have taught me’

Why do we give teenage girls such a hard time? I’m learning the power of zipping it and listening to my daughters instead.

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