Although television was limited, computer games weren’t

Although they scrutinized what TV shows Chelsea watched, they were also dedicated to keeping an eye on media portrayals of their daughter. Once, Hillary contacted SNL to object to a sketch that depicted Chelsea by actor Julia Sweeney. Later on, “Saturday Night Life” issued an apology for a sketch that criticized the appearance of Chelsea, who was only a teenager at the time. Her dad was understandably upset and spoke out, telling People in a 1992 interview, “I think you gotta be pretty insensitive to make fun of an adolescent child.”

Despite her time watching television being monitored, Chelsea had unrestricted computer time. She often played the Oregon Trail and Carmen San Diego computer games for “hundreds of hours,” many of which were spent with her father sitting beside her. The reason for this unlimited game-playing may be because Chelsea and her dad both mutually enjoyed it. Like meals, media consumption was a “shared family experience” in their home, Chelsea wrote in “Talking Back to Facebook.”