Scale parent element but remove scaling on child elements

Question

I'm currently working on some css animation using scale. Is there a way to restrict child elements not to scale and only the parent element will scale.

.scale {
    max-width : 200px;
    height : 200px;
    background-color : beige;
    -webkit-transition: transform 0.3s linear;
    -webkit-transform-origin : top left;
}

.scale:hover {
    -webkit-transform : scale(2.0);
    -webkit-transition: transform 0.3s linear;
 }
 
.scale:hover .dont-scale {
    -webkit-transform : scale(1.0);
}

<div class="scale">
    <div class="dont-scale">
        <ul>
            <li>Item 1</li>
            <li>Item 2</li>
            <li>Item 3</li>
        </ul>    
    </div>

</div>

Answer 1

.scale:hover .dont-scale {} run after .scale:hover {},so scale(1) Measure than scale(2) ,for this reason child will be scaled same parent.

Try This :

.scale:hover .dont-scale{
    -webkit-transform : scale(0.5);
    transform : scale(0.5);
} 

To avoid margins issue:

.dont-scale{
   -webkit-transform-origin : top left;
   -webkit-transition: transform 0.3s linear;
}

.scale {
  max-width : 200px;
  height : 200px;
  background-color : beige;
  -webkit-transition: transform 0.3s linear;
  -webkit-transform-origin : top left;
  transition: transform 0.3s linear;
  transform-origin : top left;
}

.dont-scale{
  -webkit-transform-origin : top left;
  -webkit-transition: transform 0.3s linear;
  transform-origin : top left;
  transition: transform 0.3s linear;
}

.scale:hover {
  -webkit-transform : scale(2.0);
  -webkit-transition: transform 0.3s linear;
  transform : scale(2.0);
  transition: transform 0.3s linear;
 }
 
.scale:hover .dont-scale{
  -webkit-transform : scale(0.5);
  transform : scale(0.5);
}    

<div class="scale">
  <div class="dont-scale">
    <ul>
        <li>Item 1</li>
        <li>Item 2</li>
        <li>Item 3</li>
      </ul>    
  </div>
</div>