Topic: Self-esteem, encouragement, fortitude, vision
Characters: Dad, Mom, teenage daughter
Scene: Dinner table
Mom: OK, everybody, it's time for dinner!
(Father and daughter enter)
Dad: Great, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Mom: Good, because that's what we're having.
Daughter: Mom, that's gross.
Dad: C'mon now, honey, I thought that was pretty funny. I mean, for your mother.
Mom: Well, it's going to get cold so have a seat.
(They sit down at the table)
Dad: Little angel, would you pray for the meal?
Daughter: Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub.
Mom: Now, that's out of line.
Dad: That's my family, a real laugh a minute. Let's dig in and eat cause I'm so hungry I could eat a ...
Mom and Daughter: Horse.
Dad: OK, so it's a bad joke and I use it all the time. I'll try to purge that from my dinner conver…