After a year of restrictions, many parents feel it’s worth bending rules to take children to see their grandmothers, though most will only do so outdoors

One in four parents in England are planning to break lockdown rules and take their children to visit their grandmothers to celebrate Mother’s Day, a survey of more than 2,000 people suggests.

Carried out for the Observer by the Parent Ping app, the survey shows that English families who observe Mother’s Day are planning to meet – and more than a quarter of parents are prepared to break Covid-19 restrictions to do so.

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