Iphoto 2 photos lost!

I clicked onto iphoto this morning and it says I have no photo's! Have been away for the weekend and not sure if the children have done something to the computer. Can anyone tell me what to do please

Mary,
Go to your user account's Pictures folder using the Finder. Look inside the folder and see how many foders it contains whose name begins with "iPhoto Library". If there's only one, then I wouldn't hold out too much hope.
Set up user accounts (non-admin) for each child on the computer, and don't let them use Mom's account any more.
Or, better still, set up a special admin user account just for Mom's stuff.

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