Welcome to The i Paper’s new opinion series, How I Parent , in which our writers open up about how they tackle challenges of raising their children in our complex modern age.

• Dr Punam Krishnan: One comment from my son and I knew I had a problem with my phone

• Will Gore: Parenting in the Home Counties has become a lesson in class warfare

I am a solo dad and I’m trans. That means, despite outward appearance, I could carry and give birth to my two kids. There is no other parent so in many ways, I perform the cultural, stereotypical “mum role” too.

I unequivocally wanted this – the full-time, full-on parenting experience. Still, there are some things I didn’t bargain for. Above all, I was naive about being a dad in mum-dominant spaces and that it would mean being constantl

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