What is The Best Advice for New Dads?

What is the best advice for new Dads? Did you just find out you’re going to be a father and everyone is throwing wisdom your way? Does some of it make sense and some of it contradict  itself? When you’re a new Dad, everyone (and I mean everyone) wants to tell you their stories and […]

The Best Crops to Grow in Your Garden for Kids

What are the best vegetables to grow in the garden if you have young kids? If you’re like me and love nothing better than doing a spot of gardening. This becomes even more fun with your kids in tow. Teaching your kids how to grow their own food equates to real life skills that they […]

New Book by Neil M White: Title Revealed

Yesterday was a big day for me. It was big because I typed the last few words of the first draft of my new book. But why have I written it, what’s it about and what’s it going to be called? All this will be revealed in the next few paragraphs. You’ll probably noticed that […]

5 Things I Learned as an International Frisbee Competitor

Between September 2001 and 2006 I had one love: Ultimate Frisbee. What started as a University past time turned into a five year long obsession with the flying disc. But was there anything to learn from those years or was it all wasted time of a socially awkward late-teen? What is Ultimate Frisbee? Ultimate Frisbee […]

How to Make a Waterless Outdoor Urinal

How do you make a outdoor urinal? And can you make a waterless urinal from recycled materials and things you find lying around the house? Thankfully a simple outdoor toilet/urine recycling system is easy to make, environmentally friendly and cheap. Every person in the world produces urine. You probably pass between 1.3 and 2 litres […]

Who is Neil M White? – Author, Adventurer, Father

Neil M White is an author father, adventurer and creator of This Dad Does. But who is Neil M White? And how can he claim to be all these things? It’s just as well I’m on hand to tell you isn’t it? It’s entirely possible that you’ve never heard of me. Or if you have, […]

How to Bounce Back and Kick Adversity in the Butt

How do you bounce back after tough times? It would be great if, after a difficult period in your life, you just ‘got back to normal’. No problem, no fuss – you’re just back to being you again. Contented, happy and full of direction and drive. But that’s not how it works out. Instead you get […]

Should ‘Father’ Be Spelled with a Capital F?

Should you spell ‘father’ with a capital ‘f’? If that’s a question that’s been bothering you for a while, then you’re in the right place. But before we get started, a little aside. If you’ve been reading TDD for a while you’ll know that I always spell ‘Dad’ with a capitalised ‘D’. Is that a […]