I agree with you on this, most new traders they do not know the truth about this because there is so much hype about forex. And I found them to plunge into forex with rich quick illusion of it, but regrettably they were defeated earlier by the market
I guess newbie can be surprised when they found out that forex is not all that it was promoted to be. I guess they got all of those promo in their heads. You can make decent money in forex but not get rich over night and definitely can't depend on it solely for baby milk cost either. You need a job beside trading. I've learned that from experiences. Some day the market will make you cry. All that there is is side way or downhill sometimes.