Sometimes it's the parent's fault

I have a terrible problem of being a procrastinator, but sometimes it isn't my fault. That is right: sometimes it isn't my fault that I don't do homework when I had the intention of getting stuff done and being a "good student," because sometimes it is actually my parent's fault. Take this evening for example:

 It was just mum and I at home and I was planning to start research for one of my subjects that I actually have no clue about. But my mum asked me if I could help prepare dinner, so I was like "sure." And as it was just the two of us, we thought we could eat in front of the television and continue watching the series we started the other day. And despite us having already finished eating, we kept on watching a few episodes and the only reason we stopped is because we finished the series. 

Me: "okay, I'm going to study now."

Mum: "it's your turn to wash the dishes."

So I wash the dishes and then this happens...

Mum: "our program just came on tv. Do you want to keep me company?"

And like a good daughter, I can't just leave my mum alone on the couch, so I sacrifice the time I should be studying and spend it with her instead. And haven't we been told all our lives to respect and obey your parents? So by watching tv with mum means I'm actually behaving responsibly, right? 

So, even though our program finished, we proceed to go on youtube... and that is the eternity trap right there! 

Now, youtube is one of the best things and worst things to ever be invented; you lose track of time watching some of the funniest and the most pointless videos. Mum and I think: "we'll just watch a couple of videos," but after that couple, we keep on clicking on new videos that they suggest in that column thing and next thing you know, it's too late to study effectively. 

Oh no! I guess I'll have to do all that work tomorrow, but for the record: it was not my fault this time- sometimes it's the parent's.