What Your Parents Didn’t Tell You
How Hidden Family Truths Shape Your Life and Future
by Francesco Lombardo
Published May 5, 2026
This book reveals one of the greatest secrets in all of human history.
Structure can be built for our emotional lives, just as structures can be built for an organization.
When we set a course for a positive emotional future, establishing a new and constructive emotional legacy for our children and future generations, we create emotional wealth. This incredible and innovative form of wealth can be passed down to descendants just like money. It is a timeless gift that helps secure both the emotional certainty, relational peace and quite possibly, even the financial security we want for ourselves and our families.
What Your Parents Didn’t Tell You is a thoughtful and deeply reflective exploration of how the emotional patterns we inherit shape our lives, our families, and the legacies we leave behind.
Francesco Lombardo challenges the idea that financial success alone creates security – and shows why emotional wealth is the true foundation of long-term wellbeing and continuity.
This is a powerful read for founders, family-business leaders, and anyone who wants to understand the invisible forces shaping their decisions, relationships, and future generations.
–James Laughlin, International Best-Selling Author of Habits of High Performers – New Zealand
Lombardo’s book explores the hidden architecture of family dynamics. This book provides an interesting read for anyone who wants to think differently about the reasons family businesses may succeed or fail across generations, and more importantly, how to ensure yours thrives.
–Megan W. Gerhardt, Ph.D. Professor of Leadership, Miami University and Author of Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce – United States of America
A fascinating exploration of our real legacy – the emotional inheritance we leave behind once we’re gone. It’s the best investment in your family’s future I can think of.
James Kerr, Elite Performance Coach and Best-Selling Author of Legacy, 15 Lessons in Leadership – United Kingdom