Roth IRA
Roth IRA's have a few key features that are different than traditional IRA's. The most obvious is the way the money is withdrawn after retirement age of 59 1/2. Contribution are post tax dollars and withdrawals are tax free.
You can also withdraw contributions for any reason throughout the life of the account, but not gains, tax and penalty free. And if you have owned the account for 5 or more years then withdrawals after retirement age are all penalty and tax free.
The downside is that not everyone qualifies to open this account, and post tax contributions cap out at $5000 a year. To qualify a single person must not have income of over $120,000 after adjusted gross income. And if you are filing joint the maximum income is $176,000 adjusted gross income.
In summary, the reasons why you would want to have a Roth IRA instead of a traditional or non-deductible are: if you plan on your retirement tax bracket to be higher than it is now, if your adjusted gross income is under $100,000 and you have a traditional IRA that you'd like to roll over, and if you'd like tax free growth.
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I opened Roth IRA
I have a business where my children occasionally work and I opened them each a Roth IRA to put all of their earnings for their future. It's grows tax free and it doesn't matter how young they are, my youngest is 5 years old. It's working out really well.