I'm not sure if this has been posted before but I wanted to ask anyway.

For one of my families, the parents seem to argue whenever I try to get them to embrace each other or to try for another kid. I noted that it takes an average of 2-3 years before they try for another kid but the two kids are 8 and 10 and yet they keep insisting it is not time/not ready.

Another issue is that the parents don't interact with the kids. In my first family, the parents do interact -by tickling. But for this family, if I put a parent with a kid, the kid stands still while the parent will stop for a moment before walking away.

Can I encourage them to bond or is it unlikely to correct?