Not everything is a teachable/lecturable moment

A.: [Hack, hack]
Mom: Illness is natural. Your body learns how to be sick, learns how to get better. It's all for the better. It's not healthy to never get sick.

Does she think that makes me feel better? This is not the first cold I've had in my life. I know the drill, I realize it's not the end of the world.

A.: Have you talked to Spiros lately? If you do, could you ask him about Greece?
Mom: You don't know what to do in Greece?
A.: I'll get a guidebook, but may as well get an expat's perspective.
Mom: Sure, I've been meaning to call him anyway.