//add event listener to each of specified element's children function onChildren(event, parentElement, functionCallback) { console.log('onChildren()'); var parentElement = (typeof parentElement == 'string' ? document.getElementById(parentElement) : parentElement); var children = parentElement.children; //loop through children and add onClick listener for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) { on(event, children[i],functionCallback); } }