JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="parent">
this is a textNode
<!-- This is a comment -->
<p>this is a p element</p>
</div>
JavaScript
var parent = document.getElementById('parent');
[].forEach.call(parent.childNodes, function(el) {
if ( el.nodeType === 8 ) {
el.nodeValue = 'changed value';
}
});