BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE: 10 Principles That Will Shape Your Children's Future

Before It’s Too Late begins with a question many fathers feel but rarely say out loud: What will my children remember about me when I’m gone?

This is not a book written from perfection. It is written by a father who has had to learn through mistakes, loss, faith, and second chances.

Writing as a father, pastor, and teacher, Helmuth G. Dubón shares ten essential lessons on how to raise children with faith, identity, and hearts turned toward God. He writes with honesty, biblical depth, and the perspective of someone who has had to confront his own past, face his failures, and learn—sometimes later than he wished—that fatherhood is not just about providing, correcting, or protecting. It is about shaping children who can recognize the heart of their heavenly Father.

Through these pages, you will find help for questions like these:

• How do you teach your children to pray honestly, instead of just repeating religious words?
• How do you ground their identity before the world tries to define it for them?
• How do you talk about love, relationships, and purity without falling into empty lectures?
• How do you walk with a child through failure without crushing them—or excusing what needs to change?
• How do you reflect the heart of the heavenly Father if you did not grow up with a good model yourself?

This book is written for fathers in many different seasons: fathers of young children, fathers of teenagers, fathers of college-age children, fathers in blended families, and men who grew up without a father and want to break that cycle.

Because fatherhood does not wait. And many of the things a child needs most from a father cannot be postponed for “someday.”