Airport and Internet in child's account

Hello,
I am trying to set up my sons account in parental controls. I have listed safe websites and checked off utilities in the apps section. The airport access does not darken when I log into my home network. I have no problem with my or my daughters account. There is an exclamation mark on the airport symbol or it stays blank. How do I get him access on safari?
Thanks
Ullyn

Thanks for your suggestion. I did think it must be a permission thing. I repaired permissions on the main account just in case. Nothing, for the typing one, but the visual dictionary started to work.
In exploring your suggestion, I found that I am the owner of the typing program, and others had "read only." Changed that to "read and write" for others. Then in the child account, I found that I could open it.
However, when I double clicked the desktop icon I had set up, it reverted to the original problem. Some problem with a file called splash.dat. So I junked that desktop icon and dragged the functioning program into the dock. Now it works.
I wonder if the whole thing could have been due to a corruption in the desktop copy of the file.
In any case, the problem seems to be solved and again, thank you!

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