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Matthieu McClintock
3,251 PointsHow do I complete task 3 of 3 so I can keep using Treehouse? It's been an hour.
I've tried dozens of different ways of getting the parent node and nothing has worked in one hour +.
const removeMe = document.querySelector('removeMe');
let parent = document.parentNode();
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Parent Traversal</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<ul>
<li>Hello</li>
<li>Hi</li>
<li class="remove_me">Good bye!</li>
<li>Howdy</li>
</ul>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
![David Low](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/48e44e277d90bc197b60e0e6e4d3f3ef?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fecs-static.teamtreehouse.com%2Fassets%2Fcontent%2Fdefault_avatar-445fbbabfc8dc9188fb5967fe43322ee0c3e0dd1e10f378bf8343784af5a13eb.webp&r=pg)
David Low
13,475 PointsHey, First off the query selector is actually ('.remove_me') and I believe you want to change it to: let parent = removeMe.parentNode;
I think that works