Am I the only mama who gets frustrated doing homework with dd?! What makes it worse is that I am a children's librarian but I seem to have zero patience with my own child. She does not try as hard as I know she can and acts as if she has zero interest in learning. I was always an over-achiever as a student and loved to learn. How do I instill this in her? Why do I get angry when she won't cooperate? Lot's of times I suggest that we just take a break for a few minutes so we can both regroup, but I sometimes feel that showing any dissapointment in her will result in less self-confidence and therefore less desire to learn or work hard. Also, let me add that I do not have all night to do homework with dd, I am in my last year of my Masters and work as a librarian during the day and am a single mom. I feel horrible that at work I have patience for children in the library but little for my own. I go to school and work so my dd can have a better life but am I hurting her at the same time? 
