OP doesn't say the nepterns are underperforming; only that they don't like hiring them. Allowing nepterns to fail and calling attention to it does move the needle. It lets people see for themselves why it is a bad idea.

I got to the top of the heap in HR so my advice would be taken seriously and I could change things from the inside, and I'm giving my children every opportunity I can to prove that just because your mommy is an executive doesn't mean you're a little shit who hasn't earned anything. Now here's the twist:

OP was given no choice but to hire the nepterns. I'm trying to advise on what to do NEXT. Also I'm in the middle of enrolling 400 people in benefits they've never had before and getting them all in to a shitter of an HRIS I inherited half done. I have 2 weeks left, so I'm in a pissy mood and reddit is getting both barrels.

This would come as a great suprise to the whole subreddit, but I am a man. My child's mother was born a 1%er and earned as a 1%er by the time she was 30. SHe was a CEO at 40. The path she chose was one where birth and wealth gave her absolutely no advantage at all behond the basic privileges of food, water, transportation, 2 parents, private school, etc. Those things absolutely helped her prepare, but nothing was handed to her other than the good starting point.

Part of why she got there was because I chose to stay home and raise our children.

So anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk.