jQuery - Select children with $(this)
<p>I try to count the number of children inside a div using jquery <code>$(this)</code> selector and the element's class. And the results are different. I thought jquery's <code>$(this)</code> refers to the owner object of function, is there any thing special about <code>$(this)</code> that I am missing? </p>

<pre><code>$('.parent').ready(function(){
        $('.parent').children().length; // 6
        $(this).children().length; // 1
});
</code></pre>
