At the dinner table, sonia, who is 15, brings up the fact that the homecoming dance is in two weeks and she wants to go with her good friend joe. joe is 17, and joe is a friend of the family. her parents have allowed her to go with joe and his family on other occasions. she approaches the subject with her parents, but mom and dad keep bringing up the fact that she is too young to date. sonia is confused as to why she can go with joe on other occasions but can not go with joe to the dance.