DVD parental controls started on their own

Some time ago -- maybe after I installed Lion, and continuing now with Mountain Lion -- I started seeing this message whenever I insert a DVD movie into my MacBook Pro:
Allow the media "(name)" to play?
Parental Control is on. To play this media, you will be asked to enter an administrator name and password.
[Always Allow] [Cancel] [Play Once]
This happens with every DVD, either commercial discs rented from Netflix or purchased, or discs of my own material created in iDVD.
I'm the only user of this computer, so I have no need for, and have never configured, Parental Controls. When I go to the Parental Controls control panel, there doesn't seem to be any settings to turn off. The only user listed there is Guest User (see screen shot). I'm logged in as an administrator.
I don't see any relevant settings in DVD Player, or in the CDs & DVDs control panel. Can anyone guess why this functionality started, and more importantly how I can turn it off?

Tsaxman wrote:
I manage a lab and have setup Parental Controls to allow certain apps. However, later students will launch an app. that I have enabled and get the dialog box saying it isn't allowed. I go back and check parental controls for that computer and the app is now unchecked.
1) how can I keep this from happening?
2) is there a preferences file somewhere that I can save and then just upload from time to time?
Thanks,
Craig
I suspect your students are smarter than you think they are
Be sure nobody knows the admin password. Change it to be sure and make sure nobody is looking.
Be sure nobody has a Leopard DVD handy.
Be sure all users are non-admin types.
Check all 3rd party apps installed on the machines.
You can also check the console logs on the machines to see how and when the change occurred.

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