diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/index-test.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/index-test.js
index be68620b..cc5bf530 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -10,13 +10,28 @@ describe('components/View', () => {
     expect(container.firstChild).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
-  test('text node throws error (single)', () => {
-    const subject = () => render(<View>hello</View>);
-    expect(subject).toThrow();
+  test('non-text is rendered', () => {
+    const children = <View testID="1" />;
+    const { container } = render(<View>{children}</View>);
+    expect(container.firstChild).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
-  test('text node throws error (array)', () => {
-    const subject = () =>
+  describe('raw text nodes as children', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      jest.spyOn(console, 'error');
+      console.error.mockImplementation(() => {});
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      console.error.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    test('error logged (single)', () => {
+      render(<View>hello</View>);
+      expect(console.error).toBeCalled();
+    });
+
+    test('error logged (array)', () => {
       render(
         <View>
           <View />
@@ -24,13 +39,8 @@ describe('components/View', () => {
           <View />
         </View>
       );
-    expect(subject).toThrow();
-  });
-
-  test('non-text is rendered', () => {
-    const children = <View testID="1" />;
-    const { container } = render(<View>{children}</View>);
-    expect(container.firstChild).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(console.error).toBeCalled();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('prop "hitSlop"', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/index.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/index.js
index 0df60a94..43902f65 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/View/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import applyNativeMethods from '../../modules/applyNativeMethods';
 import createElement from '../createElement';
 import css from '../StyleSheet/css';
 import filterSupportedProps from './filterSupportedProps';
-import invariant from 'fbjs/lib/invariant';
 import StyleSheet from '../StyleSheet';
 import TextAncestorContext from '../Text/TextAncestorContext';
 import React from 'react';
@@ -42,10 +41,11 @@ class View extends React.Component<ViewProps> {
 
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
       React.Children.toArray(this.props.children).forEach(item => {
-        invariant(
-          typeof item !== 'string',
-          `Unexpected text node: ${item}. A text node cannot be a child of a <View>.`
-        );
+        if (typeof item === 'string') {
+          console.error(
+            `Unexpected text node: ${item}. A text node cannot be a child of a <View>.`
+          );
+        }
       });
     }