ADHD and self-esteem

MOMMY: What Daughter wrote last night makes me sad. And it's the number one reason I am driven to help her in whatever way I can. I've watched her since second grade adopt this feeling of failure about school, even as she's continued to make mostly A's and B's. This child is way too smart, way too bright and creative to feel like giving up. Last night we worked on her math homework. Six division problems took way too long, maybe an hour. I understand why she is frustrated. More than half our time was spent just redirecting her attention. Sit down, pick the pencil back up, wait you're not even working on the right problem anymore, no we're not going to watch the Wizard of Oz right now, I said sit down ... She broke into tears about 10 times. Just trying to do six simple division problems. I've learned that I pretty much have to sit with her and walk her through the math homework or it doesn't get done even half way correctly. It isn't that she doesn't know how. It's that she gets off track in the middle of every problem. It makes me sad.