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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I adopted from foster care and adopted out of birth order. Thing is, you can find people who had good experiences doing this and those who didn’t. There are always risks with adding to your family, even if you have a biological child. You will have to take classes before you are approved. Educate yourself there, not on DCUM where people are so negative and have no actual experience. [/quote]

Op here. Thank you. I’m not naive to birth order. I just don’t think it is the end all and be all. I also think the posters on here so obsessed with it clearly never raised twins before.  I also believe that it is good for people to recognize that hierarchy can and will change. We are signed up for an info session next week and then 30 hours of classes thereafter.

And to the extent it matters dh was a teacher in dcps with homeless foster and adopted children. He would stay home full time. I don’t think six children is so
Difficult but we aren’t such fools as to think it is easy. [/quote]

Op, six kids is difficult as each will have very different needs.  The kids joining your family will need lots of support and attention and when yours get lesss yours will probably act out some.  There are lots of studies on keeping birth order and not artificially twinning kids.  It is nothing like having three kids, one set twins.

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