Ruth Mason is a journalist who has written extensively about childrearing, including the weekly column, Parenting, in The Jerusalem Post. She is a certified parent educator and a RIE® Associate. A Los Angeles native born to Bukharian immigrant parents, Ruth is married to Bob Trachtenberg, a lawyer, and has three grown children and two grandchildren. She lives in Jerusalem, works as a writer, is the producer/director of the documentary These are my Names and the founder of the Ethiopian Children's Scholarship Fund at the Jerusalem Conservatory Hassadna.