I was not in any sense I recognize (or any sense I think society would recognize) an abused child.

I voted "yes"; but as I hope my comment made clear, I think that if the full consequences of doing so were laid out, I would very likely have to change my vote to "no". It's a no-brainer "yes" so long as it's really "free", and no cost other than "inexpensive" is mentioned in the question, but of course any real situation wouldn't be; both direct immediate consequences (what having those children here would involve) and indirect consequences (time-stream questions) would have to be considered.