How Prom Shopping With My Son Brought Me Back to the Beginning (opens in new tab)

The store manager at Men’s Wearhouse saw another teen boy, one of thousands who would come this spring in hoodies and sweats, looking like they’d rather be any place else. The only thing setting us apart, I thought, was we were the first fitting of prom season and the store was unusually quiet; a benefit, I told him, to having a type-A mom. Prom shopping with our big kids can bring back memories of them as little kids.