Ivanka Trump on how Donald is clueless when it comes to changing diapers, but dotes on his granddaughter 'all the time'

PUBLISHED: 16:32 EST, 1 April 2013 | UPDATED: 18:17 EST, 1 April 2013

Ivanka Trump has opened up about what her billionaire father is like as a grandfather.

The heiress and mother to 20-month-old Arabella Rose, revealed that while Donald Trump Sr is an expert in the boardroom, he is less clued up when it comes to kids.

She explained to Redbook magazine that he 'wouldn’t know what to do' if a child was 'crying or needed a diaper change', but added in his defence that he dotes on his granddaughter 'all the time.'

Family matters: Ivanka Trump has opened up about what her billionaire father, Donald, is like as a grandfather

Donald Trump, 66, whose net worth is $3.2 billion as of March, according to Forbes, has five children, from three different women, who range from 35 to seven years old.

He also has a total of five grandchildren; four from his son Donald Jr and his wife Vanessa and one from his daughter Ivanka and her businessman husband Jared Kushner.

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While he is known for being a brash businessman, Mr Trump Sr prides himself on being a devoted family man.

'I've always had a great relationship with my children,' he affirmed on David Letterman's late night talk show last week.

Close bond: Ivanka said that she speaks to her father at least 50 times a day

And Ivanka, 31, who is from his first marriage to former Czech model Ivana, backed him up.

'He was always a great father in that he was always there,' she recalled.

She said that her relationship with him today is stronger than ever, especially now that she is involved in the family business and has a role on his NBC reality show The Apprentice.

'If we talked a lot before, we speak 50 times a day now. I spend half the time in his office. Its wild,' the mother-of-one said.

She also devotes much of her time to running her eponymous jewelry and fashion business.

Asked if she suffers from 'mom guilt' as a working mother, Ivanka said that she does everyday.

Apple of her granddad's eye: Ivanka Trump explained that Donald dotes on his granddaughter, Arabella Rose, 'all the time' - but he wouldn't know what to do if she started crying or needed her diaper changing

'Every morning I’m so sad to leave Arabella. But it’s important for me to continue what I’m doing.

'It’s fulfilling to me, and I think it makes me a better mom when I’m home.'

She said that she 'hates' the expression 'working mom' because it implies that a mother who stays at home does not work.

And she admitted that looking after her daughter is 'far more difficult than anything I do in the office.'

Cover star: Ivanka Trump fronts the April 9 issue of Redbook magazine

While her father is press friendly, Ivanka prefers to protect her private life and carefully selects what information she shares with fans.

'People ask all the time, "Oh, can we take photographs of you and your closet?" No. That feels voyeuristic in a way that I don’t feel comfortable with.

'I’m very active on social media, but you don’t see me tweet a photo of Jared and me lying in bed on Sunday morning.

'I don’t want to see other people lying in bed on a Sunday morning; why would someone want to see me?'

Indeed most of her Twitter pictures feature herself and her daughter Arabella at business events or on holiday.

Over the past week she has uploaded images from trips to the San Diego Zoo and Legoland in California.

'I don’t let people into things that are too private,' she said. Ivanka, her husband and their daughter reside in a ten-bedroom penthouse on New York's Park Avenue.

For more from the Ivanka Trump interview go to www.redbookmag.com and pick up the May issue of REDBOOK, on newsstands April 9.

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How does a man this annoying give life to such an amazing and gorgeous woman..

- Vit , New york, United States, 02/4/2013 12:57

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Wow. Ivanka is just the most all around impressive woman out there. She is a piece of work. Beauty, Brains, self awareness. She might just be the ultimate woman. She is amazing! Donald sure must be proud!!!

- bob johnson , new york, United States, 02/4/2013 12:37

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As a stay at home mother, who had a career for ten years prior to becoming a full-time Mom, I am SO happy to read, "She said that she 'hates' the expression 'working mom' because it implies that a mother who stays at home does not work." THANK YOU! I absolutely agree. Being a stay-at-home Mother is just as hard as a full-time job.

- Vivienne , USA, United States, 02/4/2013 07:33

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You can accuse Donald of so many things but not as a bad father. He raised his kids well. They're professionals who doesn't live in daddy's money and they work to sustain their lifestyles. You will hardly see them lying in night club's floor or getting caught for DUI. Good for Ivanka also to maintain that strict privacy of her family life. It tells a lot on how Donald as a parent by just looking at his children.

- Olivia , Madrid, Spain, 02/4/2013 06:44

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@loraine. she did not have plastic surgery! Somebody is jjjjjjeeeeeeellllllllllllyyyyyyy

- taylor , Bla Blaa, 02/4/2013 05:12

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Trump's hair is a monstrosity, this picture doesn't do it justice. Its a savage mismatch of 3 different styles. Does he not look in the mirror & does no one have the guts to say 'Oy, Don your barnets a right mess, you got the dosh go get it sorted out, at least its going grey you ginger mug. Can I have some money?'

- DuKeZ of HazzarD , LDN, United Kingdom, 02/4/2013 04:56

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Donald Trump has my respect not for amassing a fortune but for the way he raised Ivanka, Don, Jr., and Eric to be respectful, hard-working, and unspoiled adults. They obviously love him as he loves them. I like the whole family.

- Bara , New York, 02/4/2013 04:31

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- Bara , New York, 02/4/2013 04:31

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Of course he wouldn't know what to do with a small child...that's what the hired help is for. - Alyssa, California, United States, 1/4/2013 23:52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ And anyone who IS a billionaire, who DIDN'T have hired help, would be an idiot - but not in the money-making department, obviously! What's money for if it isn't going to help? I have no idea what's so 'noble' about looking like a wet rag, and rushing around, looking like a 'normal mum' (fat and unkempt, usually, according to these pages...), if they've got the money to NOT look and be like that! Mustifying to me.

- Just-A-London-Bird , L-O-N-D-O-N, United Kingdom, 02/4/2013 01:56

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I wonder if she will encourage her daughter to get breast implants too.

- heidi , charlotte, 02/4/2013 01:16

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