Dexterity
It’s really too bad kids aren’t better typists, on the whole. I remember, when I was in kindergarten or first grade, bemoaning the fact to a classmate that I had all kinds of great ideas, but writing them down was hard.
Now, due in no small part to my Internet addicition, the whole mechanical aspect of getting words on paper (or on the screen) is easy. The creative part is harder.
Maybe when I have a kid, I will hire a scribe to follow him/her around and capture all the great ideas so he/she won’t be burdened by mechanical challenges.
Have you ever seen the movie Night Shift? Michael Keaton’s character, Bill, solves this problem you describe. You should rent it (actually, I could CM you the DVD).
“I’m an idea man Chuck, I get ideas, sometimes I get so many ideas that I can’t even fight them off!”
You solved your mechanical challenges in your youth by making a gazillion audio cassette tapes. Who can forget all those anecdotes that began with: “This is Aprille Clarke reporting…”