geteEementChildren

gistfile1.txt

function elementChildren (element) {
  var childNodes = element.childNodes,
      children = [],
      i = childNodes.length;

  while (i--) {
      if (childNodes[i].nodeType == 1) {
          children.unshift(childNodes[i]);
      }
  }
  return children;
}
console.log(elementChildren(this));