Kids learned you can eat your friends out of house and home and they will not only forgive you, but take care of you until your thin enough to get back out of the front door.
A friend of mine recently complained how Disney movies distorted her view of reality as a child and she grew up thinking her Prince Charming would come and sweep her off her feet. I quickly reminded her that for every Cinderella there are two ugly step sisters. The odds are not in your favor