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Robin Abcarian: Nepo babies beware. You didn't hit a triple if you were born on third base

Actor Dakota Johnson from Netflix' s "The Lost Daughter" attends Deadline Contenders Film: New York on Dec. 4, 2021, in New York City.

If you live on the Westside of Los Angeles and have a child in private school around here — PS 1 in Santa Monica, maybe, or Windward in Mar Vista — you have almost certainly had encounters with "nepo babies," kids of famous parents who have gone on or will go on to fame in the entertainment industry themselves.

Although the zippy term "nepo baby" only recently entered the lexicon, the idea that the sons and daughters of celebrities get a leg up in their parents' world is nothing new. It's as old as the silver screen itself.

My daughter went to school

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