What Are Your Thoughts on Boarding School?

I love raising kids but I also love the boarding school option. I use them alternately depending on the story and sims. I usually play a long age span so the same sim can have the opportunity to experience both prom, afterschool activities etc., but also to be in a boarding school for a while. Some of my sims called from the boarding school to their parents and said they don't have fun (can't remember the exact phrasing of the game) anyway the game prompted an option to send them back home. In addition, to emphasize how the boarding school can come in parallel to raising kids, sometimes when the house has toddler(s) that require a lot of caring and attention, it's easier to send the kids to a boarding school for a while. (But if there is a teen in a household with toddlers, I usually don't send him/her to a boarding school because my sims need the extra help with the babies. )