Archive - The Need for Gravity

Fire Burns Trees but Hardens Steel

Right parenting advice applied to the wrong child does more damage than no advice at all

Apr 25 • Ruben Gagarin, MD

Better Than Real

Child psychiatrist on how AI causes "psychosis"

Apr 16 • Ruben Gagarin, MD

She Never Has a Bad Day

A Psychiatrist's Guide to AI Girlfriends

Apr 8 • Ruben Gagarin, MD

March 2026

The Storm, The Shore, and The Calm Waters

One Crisis After Another — And What To Do In Between

Mar 28 • Ruben Gagarin, MD

How to Build Discipline Without Breaking the Relationship

What five years of CrossFit and Sunday crepes taught me about parenting

Mar 26 • Ruben Gagarin, MD

The Need for Gravity in the Age of AI

Forging Their Mettle in a Weightless World

Mar 21 • Ruben Gagarin, MD

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