Babies of 2014: Questions from crib to college

Here is a list of select questions that babies born in 2014 will ask their parents as they grow up, courtesy of the Beloit College Mindset Lists.

10. Keyboards

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This photo shows an Apple iPad on display using "Dictation" during an Apple event in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

"How did you ever figure out that computer keyboard with the letters in such strange order?"

Voice recognition software, like Siri for the iPhone, emoticons and text message shorthand (i.e. "C U L8R!") are re-defining how we read and write. Babies born in 2014 will grow up in a world where more and more commands are spoken to computers, and actions are completed with the press of one button – tactile or virtual – instead of a combination of clicks on a keyboard. 

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