How to target the parent element
HTML:
<div class="myParent"> <div class="myChildren"></div> <div class="myChildren"><span class="break">09:00</span></div> <div class="myChildren"></div> <div class="myChildren"></div> </div>
CSS:
.extraCssToParent { background: peru; }
jQuery:
jQuery(function($) { $(".myParent .break").parents(".myChildren").addClass( "extraCssToParent" ); });