My younger siblings had this and I had it for one summer before I left home. It really sucked. Maybe it would be better if the parent and living conditions were equal, but that was not the case. So one week you have a nice bed and your own room in a house you know, and the next you are in a bed with bad sheets, in a shared room with siblings in a house you hate. Friends have a whole summer together, but you are only around every other week. You have to readjust to a new routine every other week. One parent made significantly more than the other so one week would be middle class and the next week would be poor. I guess that is better than always, but it was really jarring.