How can I put parental controls on laptops my kids already own?

Hi all,
I bought my two daughters MacBook Airs this year, and they're great of course.
While setting up the MacBook Airs, the setup required user names and passwords for the accounts. So they have those. Each kid is the administrator of her computer, it therefore seems.
I would like to put parental controls on the MacBook Airs now. (They're good kids, but I'm concerned about all the adult stuff on the internet.) Is it too late?
Do I need to set everything up again so that I'm the Administrator and they're the users? On previous (PC) laptops, I hated this, because then I had to sign in every time there was a software update and such.
Is there a way to set up parental controls after the fact now in a way where I won't have to sign in all the time to troubleshoot their computers? Do I have to delete their current accounts, set up a new account for them and an account for me as "administrator"? Will that become horribly cumbersome?
Any experiences and advice most welcome. Thank you.

Admin rights are held in the Users & Groups Preference pane.
Log in as her.
Create a new user for you and give that user Admin rights.
Log her out.
Log in as you and take her admin rights away.
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