query posts displaying children of page on

i have used the below in the past to target specific categories, can i repurpose it to pull a pages children? looking to do a list with the excerpt from a page and some details before launching into its main page.

<ul>
<?php $temp_query = $wp_query; ?>
<?php query_posts("category_name='news'&showposts=2"); ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<li class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="news">
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>

<div class="more">
<p><?php the_time('m.d.y') ?></p>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">READ MORE ></a></p>
</div>
</li>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</ul>