diff --git a/src/npc/generate/newChildIntro.js b/src/npc/generate/newChildIntro.js
index 8b6c5ce5bab1bd5681b08c4a82ad7fb05fab251e..c352d5c1e598c54675ec484d40a51f0e3f18f54e 100644
--- a/src/npc/generate/newChildIntro.js
+++ b/src/npc/generate/newChildIntro.js
@@ -245,16 +245,16 @@ App.UI.newChildIntro = function(slave) {
 	r = [];
 	r.push(newName);
 	r.push(`now stands before your desk`);
-	if (tempMom !== 0 && tempDad !== 0 && slave.father !== slave.mother) {
+	if (tempMom && tempDad && slave.father !== slave.mother) {
 		r.push(`alongside ${his} mother ${tempMom.slaveName} and father ${tempDad.slaveName}.`);
-	} else if (tempMom !== 0) {
+	} else if (tempMom) {
 		r.push(`alongside ${his} mother ${tempMom.slaveName}.`);
-	} else if (tempDad !== 0) {
+	} else if (tempDad) {
 		r.push(`alongside ${his} father ${tempDad.slaveName}.`);
 	} else {
 		r.push(`alone, having no family${(slave.mother === -1 || slave.father === -1) ? `, other than you,` : ``} in your stock.`);
 	}
-	if (V.arcologies[0].FSRestartDecoration === 100 && tempMom !== 0) {
+	if (V.arcologies[0].FSRestartDecoration === 100 && tempMom) {
 		if (tempMom.breedingMark === 1 && V.propOutcome === 1) {
 			r.push(`The Societal Elite are waiting to inspect the child of their eugenics programs.`);
 			if (V.arcologies[0].FSSupremacist > 20 && slave.race !== V.arcologies[0].FSSupremacistRace) {
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ App.UI.newChildIntro = function(slave) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (tempMom !== 0) {
+	if (tempMom) {
 		({
 			he2, his2, He2, himself2
 		} = getPronouns(tempMom).appendSuffix("2"));
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ App.UI.newChildIntro = function(slave) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (tempDad !== 0 && slave.father !== slave.mother) {
+	if (tempDad && slave.father !== slave.mother) {
 		({
 			he2, his2, He2
 		} = getPronouns(tempDad).appendSuffix("2"));
@@ -570,14 +570,14 @@ App.UI.newChildIntro = function(slave) {
 
 	r = [];
 
-	if (tempMom !== 0 && tempDad !== 0 && slave.father !== slave.mother) {
+	if (tempMom && tempDad && slave.father !== slave.mother) {
 		r.push(`You dismiss ${tempMom.slaveName} and ${tempDad.slaveName} so that you may conduct a more intimate inspection of their ${daughter}.`);
-	} else if (tempMom !== 0) {
+	} else if (tempMom) {
 		({
 			he2, his2, He2
 		} = getPronouns(tempMom).appendSuffix("2"));
 		r.push(`You dismiss ${tempMom.slaveName} so that you may conduct a more intimate inspection of ${his2} ${daughter}.`);
-	} else if (tempDad !== 0) {
+	} else if (tempDad) {
 		({
 			he2, his2, He2
 		} = getPronouns(tempDad).appendSuffix("2"));