In the November 2013 issue of Teen Ink, Brielle Black understood me in her article "Youth Lack Life Skills". I agree that the generation gap is becoming an insurmountable problem, but the fix is not that hard people just aren’t doing it. The required course for graduation change yearly, so why not make home EC a required course. Along with requiring the course, expanding what is taught in the course can make a big difference in the generation gap. The final thing that needs to happen for home EC to come into its own as a course is to break down the gender stereotype that is attached to home EC, which is traditionally only for girls.