Here's my guess. I could be wrong. I would pick one tense and try to stick to it as much as possible. Sounds like you're interested in the present tense. So let's analyze it, which is my second version.
David likes to joke, even with his parents (No problem. To me, it sounds like cracking jokes is his hobby and he does that to his parents too) One day, his father told him to stop acting like a clown (I personally don't like the tense switch here. You are speaking about David in the present tense a second ago and all of a sudden you take your audience back in time without at least some transition to prepare the audience for the switch. To me, I find the paragraph a bit disconnected. I could be darn wrong. You might want to confirm with a native)