How do I zoom a window over the dock when option is locked

I have a non administrator account which my kids use. I want to be able to zoom a browser window to take up the whole screen., OS X won't let me make the browser window cover the dock. The dock is gigantic by default.
1. Is there a way to "zoom" a browser/screen/window to full screen size?
2. If not, then I have another problem. For this non admin account, the system preferences for the Dock are "greyed out" (insensitive) for Position on Screen and "Automatically hide and show the Dock"
Message was edited by: Brad Shuler1

is that account just a regular standard account or do you have parental controls on it? if so do you use simple finder? please clarify. using simple finder limits what you can do with the dock.

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