Clare Rowe

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07/02/2026

📍 Why Tracking Kids Isn’t Safety.. It’s Surveillance
Just shared my thoughts in my column on how constant location tracking and digital monitoring might actually be doing more harm than good for our children’s development. 📱👀
While it feels instinctive to “keep tabs” on our kids, research and real-world experience show this level of surveillance can undermine trust, increase anxiety, and stunt independence — the very skills kids need to grow and thrive. 🧠✨ From building resilience to navigating life’s challenges with confidence, trust matters. ⁣ Link in bio to read why we need to rethink parenting tech and lean into trusted freedom, not fear-driven control.

17/01/2026

2016…
Cook Islands… Japan… France…. Pregnancy…. Trying to learn French… racing fashion
A lifetime ago.
❤️❤️❤️❤️

05/01/2026

Column today in the AFR..
In the past four weeks, many teenagers who were already active on platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat report little meaningful change. Some accounts were suspended, but many were not. Others were quickly reactivated through obvious workarounds – parental accounts, altered age settings, or alternative verification methods.
Law works not only through punishment but through credibility. When legislation is widely flouted without consequence, it risks undermining public confidence not just in that law, but in the seriousness of the legislative process itself.
That does not mean the policy is misguided. In fact, the core principle behind the ban is sound. Children should not be on social media. Decades of developmental psychology, alongside mounting empirical evidence, point to the same conclusion: early exposure to algorithm-driven platforms increases vulnerability to anxiety, impulsivity, social comparison and reduced attention capacity. On this, the government is right.
But there is a crucial distinction between laws that set moral direction and laws that are practically enforceable. The danger lies in pretending they are the same thing.

05/01/2026

Having fun over summer chatting on The (not-so) Late Debate with the wonderful and .leach
Catch us again tonight and Wednesday 8pm Sky News as we get our head around the news of the day and ease you back into 2026 ❤️🙌🏼

30/12/2025

What a year! Not all highs and definitely didn’t achieve all my goals but also smashed others. I know many people are happy to see the back of 2025, but having a years worth of photos on your camera roll to flick through on the last day of the year may remind you that special moments are often in the every day mundane and are almost always with the people you love ❤️❤️❤️
Bring on 2026 ✨✨✨

15/12/2025

When tragedies happen in our community, the instinct is to stay glued to the news. But children don’t need rolling coverage or frightening details. They need calm adults, steady routines, and a feeling of safety.

If your child is struggling or you’re unsure how to talk about it, reach out, we’re here to help.

— Clare Rowe, Psychologist

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08/12/2025

On Dec 10, kids’ social media accounts will go dark — but the real shock won’t be online.
It’ll be inside Australian homes.
If you think this ban will “fix everything,” you need to read this.
👉 This is about parenting, not platforms.

30/11/2025

If you increase the number of professionals who can prescribe a medication, script rates increase. This is not a criticism. It is simply how healthcare works.
On the surface this shift feels sensible. Families wait far too long for specialist appointments. Costs are high. Children who genuinely need support are forced to sit on waitlists for months or years. Increasing access looks compassionate and practical.
So why does something about this make me uncomfortable….
Just wait and watch the number of kids on medication for behaviour skyrocket.
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14/11/2025

My new column is out today online.
For years we’ve been told the ABC is strictly independent, yet its deep partnership with ACON raises serious questions about influence, ideology and transparency.
And this comes at a time when public broadcasters around the world, including the BBC, are facing crises of their own.
Australians deserve media institutions that are free from activism and accountable to the public, not to lobby groups.
Have a read and let me know your thoughts.

12/11/2025

I don’t usually do personal posts here.
But look how happy I am 😂
After attending Cliff Richard concerts for at least the last 35 years I’m still the youngest there (ok maybe wins that award this time).
My Mum was HUGE fan (era of The Beetles and Elvis). My Dad… not so much.
So she took me along to Cliff concerts in Australia since I was tiny. Over years my relationship with Mum became more difficult as her alcoholism took over. In the end it took her life in 2017.
But those nights seeing Cliff were pure happy memories. We would dress up together, always get a Chinese meal before the show and then sing our lungs out at the old Sydney Entertainment Centre.
Those nights I saw her as a different person. Not my Mum. Not an alcoholic. Free and happy. Just Karen. Those nights, and Cliff’s music really became such an important part of our relationship and my happiest memories of her.
So of course I had to go see Sir Cliff at EIGHTY FIVE YEARS OLD still sound awesome this week. I’m not embarrassed to say that I sang, I cried and I danced.
Wish you were there Mum. I hope you were dancing along in spirit. ❤️❤️❤️

15/10/2025

In today’s Daily Telegraph & Herald Sun. I have sat with shocked and devestated parents as they have learnt that their child has been socially transitioned to a new name and pronouns at school and they were the last to hear of it. In fact they only found out when a teacher made a slip up during a parent-teacher interview.
To give teachers the ability to make an assessment of a child being a “mature minor” with what is typically very complex mental health presentations is irresponsible and dismantling the autonomy and rights of parents.

02/10/2025

I am so saddened to hear about the passing of psychologist and author Nigel Latta. Whilst I met him professionally once I did not know him personally. What Nigel will never know is how much of an inspiration he was to my career.
I distinctly recall as a young g graduate coming across his book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Parenting (which I still recommend to parents!) and breathing in deeply - because Nigel was a breath a fresh air in the noise of nonsense parent advice that was trendy. He was always rooted in behavioural enquiry and evidence based principles but I was most inspired by his bravery of calling things out and saying them as they are.
And he did it all with humour and charm that was endearing.

He pioneered and set a bench mark for me in psychology in the media and public domain and I have looked up to him my entire career.
Only 12 short months after a health diagnosis it just doesn’t seem fair to lose someone who had so much more to give.
Rest in Peace Nigel.

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