What long-term risk arises if traditional handicraft skills remain limited only to elders?

Correct answer: Intergenerational transfer of skill may weaken

Traditional handicraft knowledge is often learned through observation, practice, correction, and participation in family or community work. If only elders know the techniques and younger people are not trained, the chain of learning becomes weak. When elders stop working or pass away, important methods, designs, stories, and quality standards may be lost. The craft may then decline even if there is still customer demand.

Option A is correct because it identifies the danger to intergenerational skill transfer. Options B, C, and D do not follow from limiting knowledge to elders: sales will not automatically rise, raw material will not increase by itself, and customers will not lose all preferences. Training younger people, documenting knowledge, and creating practice opportunities help maintain the craft’s continuity and future livelihood.