5 rules Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s kids live by: healthy food choices at home, weekly ‘meetings’ at Trump Grill, and Mandarin, piano and ballet classes

Nov 9 , 2021

Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and their children. Photo: @ivankatrump/Instagram

Donald Trump’s grandchildren Arabella, Theodore and Joseph eat ‘fancy oatmeal’ for breakfast, can sing in Mandarin and have lunch dates with mum at the office

Unlike Ivanka, who had play dates with Michael Jackson as a kid, the Javanka children reserve Friday nights for family in accordance to their Jewish faith

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are proud parents of 10-year-old Arabella, eight-year-old Joseph and five-year-old Theodore (also known as Theo). And while they may be part of one of the richest (and most controversial) family dynasties in the world, they have to abide by strict rules. From learning to sing in Mandarin to lunch dates at the office, the Trump children already have a busy schedule.

Here are five rules Javanka’s kids have to live by.

Meal choices are limited

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s kids, Arabella and Theodore. Photo: @ivankatrump/Instagram

The family is known for their strict diets – and both parents prefer very nutritious meals. They’ve also opened up about how important family meals are – including their Friday nights to honour their Jewish faith – and told Vogue that phones get shut off for 25 hours on the sabbath.

“From Friday to Saturday we don’t do anything but hang out with one another. We don’t make phone calls,” Trump told Vogue in 2015.

Ivanka Trump offers her kids “fancy oatmeal” for breakfast. Photo: @ivankatrump/Instagram

But when it comes to the first meal of the day, they are particularly restrictive with their children so that they don’t waste mental energy, aka “decision fatigue”.

“To avoid making a big decision out of breakfast, I always give the kids one of two choices: either Greek yogurt and berries or “fancy oatmeal”. If they choose oatmeal, I get out all sorts of toppings – chia seeds, berries, flaxseed, goji berries, cinnamon, walnuts and almonds – and the kids get to “decorate” their oatmeal,” Trump revealed in an interview with online magazine My Morning Routine.

Play date? Let me check my schedule