Can you only select parent element and not its children in the navigator?

Sometimes I want to move/copy/delete a parent element without affecting the children elements. For example, I have a parent DIV that I want to delete, but not it’s children. My current workflow would be to move the children outside of the parent DIV first before deleting it. Or another example is that I want to copy the parent DIV to paste somewhere else, but not it’s children. Is there a way to accomplish this without moving the children first?