change background color of li using jquery

Question

I want to change the color of li which contains anchor when the mouse go over it, I make like this

Answer 1

Id is unique so dont repeat, u can use in class

$(document).ready(function(){
  $(".son").hover(function(){
    $(".sonItem").css("background-color","black");
    },function(){
    $(".sonItem").css("background-color","white");
    });
});


     
son 1
      
son 2