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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I have two biological children (1 yr and 4 yrs old) and would like to add to our family, but both because I have difficult pregnancies and because we recognize that there are children in the world who need homes, we are considering adoption.  International adoption is most attractive to us because that seems to be where the greatest need is.  As we weigh the pros and cons of this, I'd love peoples thoughts on a few questions:

- how hard is it to integrate natural born children with an adopted child (particularly when that child will likely be from a different racial background)?
- is there an ideal age gap/separation?
- understanding that older children and sibling groups have the hardest time finding adoptive families, I'd love any opinions on issues that might arise when adopting a child who is older than your natural born children?
- is it best to adopt a sibling group so that they can support each other in an adoption transition, or has anyone found it too much to handle along with your natural children?

Any and all opinions welcome.  We are struggling with what to do.

(Oh....and....I work 4 days a week (we have a nanny and my husand works out of the home)....I'd value any brutal opinions on whether we are just out of our mind to think that we can have a larger and partially adoptive family with both parents working.)
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