{"product_id":"when-marriage-became-optional-chris-nwakobi-9798258770745","title":"When Marriage Became Optional: Understanding Why Your Children Are Waiting - And How to Stay Connected","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to raise children between two worlds - and then watch them redefine the one thing you built your family around?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor immigrant parents, marriage was never just a personal choice. It was covenant. It was continuity. It was the structure through which faith, culture, and identity passed from one generation to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut something has shifted. The children they raised - educated, ambitious, and deeply connected to both worlds - are waiting longer, choosing differently, and navigating tensions their parents were never asked to face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Marriage Became Optional\u003c\/i\u003e examines the quiet but significant forces reshaping how second-generation adults understand commitment, family, and identity. Drawing on sociology, theology, and lived immigrant experience, this book explores what happens when economic precarity, expressive individualism, and a culture of infinite options collide with inherited expectations of covenant and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book of blame. It is a book of understanding. Because the only path to genuine conversation between generations is seeing clearly - what changed, why it changed, and what still holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor immigrant parents who want to stay connected to their children without losing themselves in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Nwakobi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258770745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Chris Nwakobi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172976238847,"sku":"9798258770745","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-marriage-became-optional-chris-nwakobi-9798258770745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}