title: jQuery Child selector syntax
body: <p>Based on a bit of fiddling with the console, it appears that the two are equivalent:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var parent = $("p");
  
  // option 1
  var children = parent.children("a");
  
  // option 2
  var children = $("a", parent);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is one preferable to the other for some reason? Are they functionally different, or only syntactically?</p>