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Why Buy Happy Meals for a Toddler?

I don't know why, but I like buying kids meals for my daughter whenever we go out to eat at a fast food restaurant. When I was a little girl, I loved getting kids meals, but my mom and dad hardly ever bought them for us. Perhaps that's why I buy them for my daughter even when I know she's barely going to eat from it.

She eats just the bun off of a burger or other sandwich, just the hot dog out of corn dogs, and she's yet to finish a serving of Arby's mac-n-cheese. (She does, however, eat Chicken McNuggets like they're going out of style.) All she does is make a mess. She's also usually too small for the toy and she's too young to read the box it came in and play any games. At her age, it's just a waste of money.

I'm vowing now not to buy her another. She can just share my meals with me.

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