The coffee’s hot, the house is quiet, and you’re staring at a Mount Everest of laundry your thirteen-year-old stepped over on his way to the couch. He’s doom-scrolling shorts on the very phone you pay for. Before you issue the usual “put your dishes in the sink” command, consider this: the longest-running study in Harvard history says that pile of socks is his ticket to a better career and a happier life.
