A poll of 2,000 mums found that, more than anything else, 51 per cent simply wish for quality time with their partner and children this mothering Sunday.
Exactly a quarter don’t have enough spare time to spend with their kids due to work taking over (65 per cent), having too many chores (58 per cent) and not enough hours in the day (46 per cent).
As a result, 16 per cent are keen to make new memories with their sons and daughters on March 19th.
Free time was also cited as one of the Mother’s Day must-haves as 58 per cent wish they generally had more of this – with 40 per cent getting an hour or less to themselves each evening.

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A special Mother’s Day
The research was commissioned by Moonpig, which teamed up with LEGO to create the ‘Time Tokens for Mum’ booklet – available with any of its product purchased from the card

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