Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY or Dvorak?

While I'm not training my children to become programmers, it's a virtual certainty that any job/profession will require the use of a computer, and that means the ability to type. I keep reading that those who can type using the Dvorak layout are faster but have always thought "I'm too old to switch keyboard layouts at this point" -- but what about my kids who haven't even learned to type yet?

Are there downsides of learning something other than QWERTY and, if so, do the benefits outweigh the negatives?

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