I have asked this in living overseas, though this is ot unique to expats. But we are stereotypical expats, dada is working full time, he does work long hours and I am not working, though I would like to in a couple of yrs.
Though are eldest is only 5 and my husband would say, how important can it be which school she goes to, nevertheless there are choices to be made, local school, international, bilingual etc.
My husband has shown no interest at all, not come to any of the open days/evenings (when either one of us could have attended at the weekend), not to my knowledge looked at any of the websites, shows no interest when I have spoken about it. The decision is entirely mine.
His mother was an expat and did not work. I don't know how much interest. his father took in schooling.
We had a school entrance test this morning, no text or email from him asking how it went.
I appreciate that he works long hours and has a lot on his plate but i feel the whole strain of parenting two children under five falls to me. And I know as the non - working spouse then all of the practicalities, dentist appt etc will fall to me. However, I feel he does not think about his parenting at all, so when they are misbehaving, how we handle it, etc. I have parenting books and he would never pick one up and have a look, it is all natural and what is their to learn.