The easiest way to sort children in an object store is to manipulate the TCA.
Example:
$TCA['tx_myext_domain_model_ordering'] = array(
...
'columns' => array(
'services' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:myext/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xml:tx_myext_domain_model_ordering.services',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'inline',
'foreign_table' => 'tx_myext_domain_model_service',
'foreign_field' => 'ordering',
'foreign_sortby' => 'sorting',
'maxitems' => 9999,
'appearance' => array(
'collapseAll' => 0,
'levelLinksPosition' => 'top',
'showSynchronizationLink' => 1,
'showPossibleLocalizationRecords' => 1,
'showAllLocalizationLink' => 1
),
),
),
),
...
);
'foreign_sortby' = > 'sorting', , childs.