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It was hear way r way of trying avoid spoiling children. >> i see a lot of ivana in ivanka. ivana was an athlete. she was determined, committed, focussed. she had integrity, unbelievable perseverance. she was always prepared. >> they were not only taught to work hard, they had to win. >> donald would hit their ski poles out from his own children in order to beat them down the mountain. >> emily jane fox is a writer for vanity fair and a cnn contributor. >> it was, im going to beat my own childre...

Its all don. >> when ivanka was young, her parents divorced and their personal drama headlined the new york tabloids. >> it added another element for me as a young child, just because my friends knew about it. then youre reading things, and you dont know whats true and whats not true. >> i read this story about you that when you heard about it, you asked your mom whether you were still going to be ivanka trump. is that a true story? >> yeah, i think i was digesting things and trying to understan...

>> though shes stepping away from the trump organization and her own brand, ivanka will likely face questions about her possible conflict of interest. like march kiting t-- marketing the dress she wore at the republican vinconvention. >> people are going to say its a conflict. thats going to happen. the key to the trump enterprise is they dont any terms of conflict of interest. they think of legal and illegal, winning and losing. >> with her father winning the white house, ivanka trump is on tar...

Marketing the dress she wore at the republican convention. >> well, i think that idea of conflict of interest is going to hound her and if she meets with somebody who runs one of the trump hotels after that same day she was in the white house, people are going to say its a conflict. thats going to happen. the key to the trump enterprise is they dont think in terms per se you have conflict of interest. they think of legal and illegal. they think of winning and losing. >> with her father winning t...

And controversial fathers, and both why executives in their family businesses. >> they are a force to be reckoned with. and they spend a lot of time thinking, planning, strategizing. their personalities truly, truly feed off each other. >> ivanka and jared married in 2009, at trump national golf club in new jersey. ivanka converted to judaism, practicing in the orthodox traditions that jared grew up with and observes. >> it was something that meant a loot for her, but it also shows how seriously...

She defended her father against criticism over his treatment of women. >> absolutely not a sexist. theres no way i could be the person i am today if my father was a sexist. i would not be one of his senior-most executives, and i would not be working shoulder to shoulder with my brothers. i would be working for my brothers if at all. >> oftentimes you will hear people say if ivanka came from donald trump he must have done something right. she was the spoon full of sugar. she was successful, talen...

>> michael ashner is a real estate executive who sold the doral property to the trumps and negotiated the deal with ivanka. >> real estate people can be very volatile. and at every moment, she brought the tension down. she was identified what the issue is. how do we talk about it? it was superb. it was really controlling the room. >> ivanka and i worked i have, very closely on it. and you have different people who are really good at certain elements in the deal. she went and worked her heart out...

>> jared asked her, what makes a good vice president? >> and i said to him, you know, jared, the last couple republicans have chosen someone they thought would really excite the base, and i pointed out that his father-in-law was beyond the glass in the atrium, and i said this year we have all the excitement we need, right there. >> as the convention approached, the list was down to three names, two outspoken candidates and the more reserved mike pence. >> and so i think ivanka trump was in a ver...

She is fierce and devoted. she is up with them early every single morning, giving them breakfast and being with them. and then, you know, putting them to bed. >> for myself, as the father of five young kids, its really difficult. its really difficult work wise. its even more difficult on a campaign, where information every five minutes. >> how does she do that? >> honestly, i think the conversion to judaism is a big part of it, observing the sabbath. from friday night to saturday night, no phone...

But again, i dont sense from ivanka its about power. its about impact. >> and its about the family, presenting and enhancing the newest brand, the trump presidency. >> you value family. especially in that world. i think for years we had always heard real estates one of those cutthroat industries in the world, nothing compared to politics. its nothing compared to politics. and then i think when you go through that, and you live through it, i think quite frankly, you become a closer family than ev...