remove parent with child element

by slawe

HTML

<div class="container">
    <div class="box">countries <span class="remove">R</span></div>
    <div class="box">manufacture <span class="remove">r</span></div>
    <div class="box">year <span class="remove">R</span></div>
</div>

CSS

.container {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  width: 90%;
  height: auto;
  min-height: 200px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  padding: 20px 20px 0px 0px;
  border: 1px solid red;
}
.box {
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px;
  width: 25%;
  height: auto;
  min-height: 100px;
  padding: 10px;
  border: 1px solid green;
}
.hidden{
  display: none;
}

JavaScript

var boxes = document.querySelectorAll('.box');

for(var i in boxes) {
  var remove = boxes[i].childNodes[1];
  
  remove.addEventListener('click', function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    alert(this.innerHTML);
    this.parentNode.setAttribute('style', 'display:none');
  });
}