The old parental cry, “Is your homework done?” is like Kryptonite to kids. And claims of, “I’m doing it all right now!” shouted from behind the bedroom door are like nails on a chalkboard to parents, ...

My daughter procrastinates. We have to remind her to get started over and over. She’ll say she’s going to do it, then we find her noodling away on her phone. She swears she’s about to start, but then ...