JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script type='text/javascript' src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.min.js'></script>

<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

$(document).ready(function(){
    
    alert(($('#parent').text()).replace($('#parent script').text(),''));
    
});