diff --git a/src/jqLite.js b/src/jqLite.js
index d156ae6d3128..46e0a73c3c54 100644
--- a/src/jqLite.js
+++ b/src/jqLite.js
@@ -647,14 +647,14 @@ forEach({
   children: function(element) {
     var children = [];
     forEach(element.childNodes, function(element){
-      if (element.nodeName != '#text')
+      if (element.nodeType === 1)
         children.push(element);
     });
     return children;
   },
 
   contents: function(element) {
-    return element.childNodes;
+    return element.childNodes || [];
   },
 
   append: function(element, node) {
diff --git a/test/jqLiteSpec.js b/test/jqLiteSpec.js
index b23e23eb1f05..b1fa6b058207 100644
--- a/test/jqLiteSpec.js
+++ b/test/jqLiteSpec.js
@@ -924,8 +924,8 @@ describe('jqLite', function() {
 
 
   describe('children', function() {
-    it('should select non-text children', function() {
-      var root = jqLite('<div>').html('before-<div></div>after-<span></span>');
+    it('should only select element nodes', function() {
+      var root = jqLite('<div><!-- some comment -->before-<div></div>after-<span></span>');
       var div = root.find('div');
       var span = root.find('span');
       expect(root.children()).toJqEqual([div, span]);
@@ -934,11 +934,12 @@ describe('jqLite', function() {
 
 
   describe('contents', function() {
-    it('should select all children nodes', function() {
-      var root = jqLite('<div>').html('before-<div></div>after-<span></span>');
+    it('should select all types child nodes', function() {
+      var root = jqLite('<div><!-- some comment -->before-<div></div>after-<span></span></div>');
       var contents = root.contents();
-      expect(contents.length).toEqual(4);
-      expect(jqLite(contents[0]).text()).toEqual('before-');
+      expect(contents.length).toEqual(5);
+      expect(contents[0].data).toEqual(' some comment ');
+      expect(contents[1].data).toEqual('before-');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/test/testabilityPatch.js b/test/testabilityPatch.js
index ac22c72c05cd..d55ff0159ca3 100644
--- a/test/testabilityPatch.js
+++ b/test/testabilityPatch.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function dealoc(obj) {
 
   function cleanup(element) {
     element.unbind().removeData();
-    for ( var i = 0, children = element.children() || []; i < children.length; i++) {
+    for ( var i = 0, children = element.contents() || []; i < children.length; i++) {
       cleanup(jqLite(children[i]));
     }
   }