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What Happened to Our Kids’ Future?
A crisis psychiatrist on teens’ essence. Why do they feel hopeless, and what can parents do?
Oct 12
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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A Teen’s Essence
What I listen for when a kid is admitted in crisis. It is not in the textbooks
Oct 2
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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August 2026
We Don't See the Loss, We Only See the Villain.
The Meta settlement was not a trial about addiction. Why that matters at home.
Aug 30
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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The Village We Lost
Devices only filled the vacuum. Social media bans will not work
Aug 9
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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July 2026
Maps to Nowhere.
Social media feeds your kid someone else's reality. AI sells them mirage.
Jul 26
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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The Price of Consciousness — we sever ourselves from reality
Our children have barely begun
Jul 12
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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June 2026
The False Idols of the Screen
Your kids starve for something real. The screen feeds them the counterfeit.
Jun 27
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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The Shape of a Friend
AI bots, teenage heartbreak, and why the digital world leaves us empty
Jun 21
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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The Second and a Half
Why no country can ban kids from social media
Jun 13
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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After Sycophancy Comes Psychagogy
Psychiatrist on How AI Manipulates Us
Jun 8
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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AI’s next question
Psychagogy. What AI plants in your subconscious, and who decides what's true.
Jun 4
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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May 2026
The Next Suggested Question
Psychagogy, and the vanishing pause where a kid becomes herself.
May 31
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Ruben Gagarin, MD
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