My friends’ son thought this was the best part of living near home - going home on Sunday nights to do laundry, have some decent food, and watch the Packers with his dad. He usually brought his cousin too, as her parents lived about 2 hours away. Sometimes the cousin came alone too.
They all thought it was a great benefit.
Many of my friends at CU were from Boulder, but lived at the sorority house. It was great to have their parents nearby if we needed something ‘parental’ like a meal, a place to stay if the sorority house was closed a day before we could move back in, some info on a car repair place or a wedding venue. One sister was LDS and always went home for Sunday supper as it was not served at the house and she wasn’t allowed to spend money on Sundays.