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HTML
<span id='foo'>
<input id='bar' type='Checkbox' checked='true'>
</span>
<p id='text'>
</p>
JavaScript
show = function(checkbox) {
words = $('#text').text()
$('#text').text(words + " " + $(checkbox).prop('checked'));
};
$(document).ready(function() {
show($('#foo').children("input")[0]);
show($('#bar')[0]);
$('#bar').click(function() {
show($('#foo').children("input")[0]);
show($('#bar')[0]);
})
});