Confusion with jQuery mouseout event

This is what the mouseleave event is for.

$('#parent').mouseleave(function(){
//something here
});

http://api.jquery.com/mouseleave/

.mouseleave works perfectly here:

$("#parent").mouseleave(function(){
    //Enter stuff that should happen when mouse leaves 
    //the boundaries of the parent element
    // NOT including the children
});

.mouseout fires on mousing over child elements!