How to get parent node of an element in JavaScript?

In JavaScript , the attribute element.parentNode returns the parent node of element. Let's consider the following HTML code:

<div id="daddy">
    <div id="child">
    </div>
</div>

The following JavaScript code returns the parent element of the node child, i.e. the node daddy.

parent = document.getElementById('child').parentNode;

In JavaScript , the attribute element.parentNode returns the parent node of element. Let's consider the following HTML code:

<div id="parent">
    <div id="child">
    </div>
</div>

The following JavaScript code returns the parent element of the node child.

parent = document.getElementById('child').parentNode;