PATH PROBLEM <ul> with siblings format <a>

PATH PROBLEM <ul> with siblings format <a>

Hello

I am very close to getting this but I have hit a roadblock.

I am trying to style an <a> in wordpress gernerated <ul>

want to have the <a> tags of <li> with children to have a different background.

I can get to the <li> for both regular and current_page but I can't seem to get to the <a>

  1. $('#sideMenu ul li ul.children').parent().css('background' , 'red');
  2. $('#sideMenu ul li.current_page_item ul.children').parent().css('background' , 'blue');
  1.  <div id="sideMenu">
     <ul id="page-list">
     <li class="page_item page-item-114"><a href=leadership-governance/management-approach/" title="Management Approach">Management Approach</a></li>
    <li class="page_item page-item-118 current_page_item"><a href="/leadership-governance/governance/" title="Governance">Governance</a>
    <ul class='children'>
     <li class="page_item page-item-124"><a href="leadership-governance/governance/corporate-leadership/" title="Corporate Leadership">Corporate Leadership</a></li>
     <li class="page_item page-item-126"><a href="leadership-governance/governance/business-principles/" title="Business Principles">Business Principles</a></li>
     <li class="page_item page-item-128"><a href="leadership-governance/governance/managing-risk/" title="Managing Risk">Managing Risk</a></li>







     <li class="page_item page-item-130"><a href="leadership-governance/governance/environmental-impact/" title="Environmental Impact">Environmental Impact</a></li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="page_item page-item-120"><a href="leadership-governance/business-continuity/" title="Business Continuity">Business Continuity</a>
    <ul class='children'>
     <li class="page_item page-item-132"><a href="leadership-governance/business-continuity/emergency-preparedness/" title="Emergency Preparedness">Emergency Preparedness</a></li>
     <li class="page_item page-item-134"><a href="leadership-governance/business-continuity/safety/" title="Safety">Safety</a></li>
     <li class="page_item page-item-136"><a href="leadership-governance/business-continuity/reliability/" title="Reliability">Reliability</a></li>







    </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="page_item page-item-122"><a href="leadership-governance/stakeholder-engagement/" title="Stakeholder Engagement">Stakeholder Engagement</a></li>
     </ul>
     </div>