How do I deal with the father being preoccupied with his phone, away from his children?

How do I deal with the father being preoccupied with his phone, away from his children? . Family & Environment . My daughter is two and a half, and we are in a foreign land away from our home country. I try with her as much as I can, and by Allah's grace she responds to much. But my husband comes home from work in the evening and holds the phone, never leaving it. The girl tries repeatedly to draw his attention, and he pays her no mind unless I call him and say: she wants you to give her a little attention. Then he looks at her and plays with her, then quickly returns, his mind always occupied. (To be fair to him, he plays with her sometimes and she loves playing with him.) I am very stressed and feel alone with her. Now I'm also pregnant and my patience with her wears thin quickly, and I grieve over this — but I don't know what to do. I spoke to my husband before about leaving the phone and engaging with us and looking at our state. We don't want only money. But he didn't respond. What do I do? Help me! . May Allah preserve you. May He make your matter easy and be your aid. This matter requires a serious and affectionate conversation with the father himself. Affirm in it your feeling for his fatigue outside and what he meets. Remind him that all this fatigue is for the sake of this family — work is a means to preserve the family and care for it well. So how can you exert all your effort outside and ignore your daughter's need for you and her need to feel your love, tenderness, and embrace? There's no harm in your expressing to him, from time to time, how much the girl loves him and is attached to him — even that she loves his play with her more, and waits for him with eagerness. Remind him that he is responsible for his flock, and that responsibility is not limited to money and provision. There is what is greater than that: tarbiyah, emotional and inner fulfillment, and other matters. All the material aspects of life pass when they pass. But what is planted in the child's soul and what they feel toward their parents — strong feelings shaped in those moments of warmth, those minutes he spends with his daughter — these never leave the heart of the son or daughter as the years pass. Indeed she may carry it in her heart as a treasure and tell it to her own children later, and they will remember you by it and make du'a for you. What good is greater than that? You can also bring games that need more than one person to play, and always urge him to share the game with the girl. You withdraw to do another task, and so on. And du'a, of course, is the greatest means in your hand in the journey of tarbiyah and life as a whole.