Kids in Book

Readers, or should I say reader, since I only know for sure at this point that I am reading this and possibly no one else ever. On the other hand, I don't have to be that optimistic to make readers plural, since the plural only requires one other person on the planet to read this iotb accurate.

I've summarily decided that there will be children in this yet to be written novel/story of mine. I've also decided that a majority of them will do normal children things, which I have observed in my own children. I'm reading Nemesis by Isaac Asimov, and I give him props for including children in his story, one of which is almost telepathic in her ability to use her Admiral Akbar eyes and read body language. I also hark back to Ender's Game which I haven't read in a long time, which features all kinds of children, two of which are killed by Ender, but that's beside the point. I might include a kid of super abilities, but I'd prefer not to, and in the end I think if I do, the kid will have to die suddenly and unexpectedly. Unexpectedly is sudden almost by definition, at least when reading, but is suddenly also unexpected? I don't think so, since a death could be foreshadowed but then happen suddenly.

I think the most logical ways in which a child could die are: falling into something like wet cement or the ocean, or a lot of air under which is a hard surface like a rock or sidewalk; eating something bad and not good for you; or parents not paying the ransom. I'm still sad that the guy really did die in the movie The Clearing but the betrayal of basic human trust carried so much more impact.