[jQuery] Re: Do something, ONLY if parent has children

[Michael Geary]

I would do it by checking the DOM directly, just because it's reasonably
straightforward and very efficient:

    var $main = $('#main');
    if( $main[0] && $main[0].firstChild ) $main.hide();

-Mike

> I am wondering how I could check if a parent element has 
> children, and it it does not, I would like to hide the parent.
> 
> I was looking at something like the following, but I am not 
> sure how to get it to work how I want:
> 
> $("#main > *").hide;