Ivanka Trump

And for my mom, much like me today, you know, one of her creative expressions came in the form of design and architecture.

She wasn't absent.

And, you know, neither was my father.

So he was filled a more typical of that generation male role where he was less, like, present.

But there was never a doubt in my mind that I was his top priority and that he was available to me.

So I used to call him from

the pay phone at Chapin.

It was in a broom closet.

And never once did he not pick up.

And sometimes his office would be filled with people of, you know, he'd be in the middle of a deal or a negotiation or some politician or whatever it was.

And he'd always put me on speakerphone and then start the conversation by telling everyone how I got great grades.

And I'd start to blush.

But he always picked up.

They weren't absent.

Did I what?

No, because I didn't feel like they, I didn't feel like he was absent.

It was just different.

Like he wasn't attending all of our sports games.

But by the way, a few parents were, you know, four decades ago.

There's a lot more sort of active participation, like the way I am in my kid's life, the way my husband is.