jQuery objects, getting element value from a parent attr?
<p>This code:</p>

<pre><code>$el.parent().html()
</code></pre>

<p>Writes out as: </p>

<pre><code>&lt;input type="checkbox"&gt; &lt;span&gt;Finish This&lt;/span&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>If I want to get the value of the span in the parent attribute how do I do this?</p>

<p>I've tried this:</p>

<pre><code> $el.parent().html().$('span').val()
</code></pre>

<p>or:</p>

<pre><code> $el.parent().$('span').val()
</code></pre>

<p>And other things to that effect, but I can't seem to get the value of the span.
I'm guessing there is a problem with how I'm thinking the objects work in jQuery, or is it a simple solution to this?</p>

<p>Is it a function I'm missing?</p>
