(10 years old, childish voice) 

Get over it, Cheryl, it’s just a fun game with friends. Just play along.

(teenager, senior in high school) (dismissive)

Sounds a little far fetched to me.

(Mediating an argument)

Whoa now, this is not the time to start taking out personal woes on our friends. And of course she has things in common with us, she may not have her parents, but she has the commonality of being a high schooler with us, and she’s helped us with studying because she’s top of the class. There are a lot of good things that she brings to our group of friends.