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 content = $('#parent').clone();
content.find('script').remove();
console.log(content.text());