This is not what you want, but it seems more reasonable.
HTML
<input type="checkbox" id="chkAll" />
<br />
<input type="checkbox" id="chkMonday" class="child" />
<input type="checkbox" id="chkTuesday" class="child" />
<input type="checkbox" id="chkWednesday" class="child" />
<input type="checkbox" id="chkThursday" class="child" />
<input type="checkbox" id="chkFriday" class="child" />
<input type="checkbox" id="chkSaturday" class="child" />
<input type="checkbox" id="chkSunday" class="child" />
JQuery
$(function(){
$("#chkAll").change(function(){
if (this.checked) {
$("input:checkbox.child").attr("checked", "checked");
}
else {
$("input:checkbox.child").removeAttr("checked");
}
});
});
See working demo
See the updated version , which also handles changes to child flags.