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Congratulations. You’ve successfully steered your child’s emotional journey through high school. She’s graduating and will soon head to her fourth-choice college, which you artfully convinced her is the “right fit” (go Mud Hawks!). But before you relax, you need to steel yourself for the final high-school land mine: It lies ahead at the Hilton Sycamore Ballroom III and is called senior prom. Having guided three of my children so far through this tumultuous event, I have some advice to stave off heartbreak, embarrassment and…