JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="parent">
parent may contain text
<div id="child1">
child 1 may contain text
<script>console.log('i always contain something');</script>`
</div>
<div id="child2">
child2 may contian text
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
var t = [];
$("#parent").each(function(i,e)
{if (e.nodeName!="SCRIPT") t.push(e.innerText);});
console.log(t);