As a parent, it can be difficult to appreciate the impact that a romantic relationship can have on their lives. Often the fleeting or 'stormy' romances may only last a number of weeks or sometimes even days. However, given that they are often so short-lived, these relationships are often dismissed as 'puppy love' and mistakenly assumed to be too trivial to be of any major significance. Researchers now state that these relationships warrant much more attention than they have traditionally been given.