To add to that second theory: Being an only child, sometimes my only playmates were my parents. Because my parents were normal sane people who truly loved their child as an individual rather than an accessory existing solely to reflect their own ego...they encouraged my imaginative play and provided me with lots of toys that could be used on my own, such as building sets and costumes. They also made sure I always had tons of books and art supplies available. And they spent a
lot of time playing with me. I remember my mom making up stories with me on car rides. My dad would play along when I decided we were adventurers on our way to ancient ruins and the sidewalk was lava. They brought my stuffed animals into my "veterinarian clinic" with pretend complaints so I could wrap their "injured" legs with bandages (a.k.a. my hair ribbons
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) and humored me when I pretended to be a dog and only answered their questions in barks. I even have pictures of me as a littl'un during bathtime, and my parents are playing with little boats and bath crayons with me instead of hurrying me along to bed.
I doubt Candy or Wayne did any of that. For quality time Candy probably took her daughter out for lunch, shopping, salon appointments...all the things Cilla wants to desperately to do with her daughter now. And as an only child, no matter how much time your parents spend encouraging you to be a kid, the reality is for the first several years of your life, you're socialized by spending most of your time with adults...so only and oldest children often get along well with adults, behave well in social spaces that aren't tailored to kids, etc. Miss Priss was probably continually praised for being "so grown up" as she imitated her mother. It's likely she would have had little use for toys because she "played" by playing the role of Mommy's Little Princess.