Help For The Young Overachiever

It's not easy being a kid these days: if you add up the hours spent on activities like sports, volunteering and, of course, school work, there isn't much time left for things like sleeping.

Even the Girl Scouts recognizes the stress of growing up in a competitive world. The organization now offers a merit badge for girls who learn how to take it easy. CBS News Correspondent Tracy Smith reports for The Early Show's Study Hall.

If you've ever wondered what an overachiever looks like, meet Kate Cronin. She's only 12, but she keeps a schedule that would make the most driven adult beg for mercy.

After a full day at school where she's an "A" student, you can find Kate at a Girl Scout meeting. If merit badges were military rank, she'd be something like a general.

After the meeting, mom's there to take her home, where she has a few minutes to change for her next activity.

Twice a week, Kate shuffles her way through a tap class. She's no Ginger Rogers, but Ginger wasn't a full-time student and she didn't have dad waiting outside in the car to take her somewhere else, the soccer field.

But sometimes, the schedule is just too much.

"Kate has a very difficult time falling asleep at night," says her mom.

"I usually panic, I look at the clock and think 'I'm only going to have five hours of sleep' and that gets me more worried and stuff," says Kate.

But she's learned to overcome her anxiety by earning just one more badge: the one for beating stress.

Though it is another activity, yoga class has done more than help Kate earn a badge, it's taught her new and useful things, like how to breathe.

You can also earn a stress-less badge by doing things like reading a book, listening to music, and going to a spa.