Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div id="cool">
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
</div>

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var x = document.getElementById("cool");
var y = x.getElementsByTagName("*");

var x = document.getElementById("cool");
var y = x.childNodes; // this gives all child elements, not just element types

var x = document.getElementById("cool");
var y = x.children;

var y = $('#cool').children();

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