You’re cynical.
There is a different story on an Anthony Robbins CD. He wanted his little boy to not become a troubled, spoiled id of a multimillionaire father. One way was to let him give some money to various homeless people.
He stayed back down an alley between rows of buildings and told his son to go down to the end and give money to the very poor looking man sitting next to his meager belongings and some trash containers.
The boy did so but the man suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist firmly.
Robbins ran down to him, wondering if he was going to fall forward from the panicky run and thinking “How could I have been so stupid? This is all my fault.”
When he got there the man smiled at the son and said “Thank you. Thank you for caring.”