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…