Kid Proofing OS X (Part Two, Dock tweaking)

I mentioned yesterday that the little kids have their own Macs. I am trying to move them to a newer shared machine.
My wife and I each have our own (unprotected) login on the adult machine. Naturally the kids are frequently interested in messing with our computer rather than their own (all the computers are in the family room) and this has worked out just fine except for a recurrent problem each of us is experiencing with the Dock.
Icons keep disappearing off my wife’s Dock. We suspect our three year old as the culprit for this, but I am not entirely certain of this.
My account has the exact opposite difficulty, a couple of folders I have long ago deleted keep showing up as a grey question mark. (I drag it off the Dock, but then reboot and the ? is back. I have added and rearranged other items with no ill effect.)
I suspect that the solutions to both issues are closely related.
What is the recommended procedure for locking down the Dock once it is configured nicely? Can this process be reversed to correct ghost aliases?
Thanks!

I had to think about why I trying to get the kids upgraded to OS X. Mac OS 9 works great. I have not had to launch Classic on the eMac for a year, so I wanted to modernize the other machines in the house mostly to be compulsive.
I may to let my children surf, and Kid Pix 3X is compelling, but that is about it. Well, that and the assistive technology that wasn’t working.
Mostly because I am cheap, I had acquired (eBay, naturally) an USB TouchWindow touch screen, PS/2 KidTrac trackball, and PS/2 Big Keys Plus. None of that hardware worked right under Mac OS 9, so I though OS X would solve that. I have a generic keyboard/mouse PS/2 USB adapter.
The TouchWindow looses its calibration every time the Mac goes to sleep. The KidTrac always right-clicks instead of left click. The Mac doesn’t know what to do with the Big Keys keyboard and I have not had success remapping the Ctrl key to Command. I have a regular Apple keyboard attached, so I would prefer to remap one keyboard, not both.
I have also tried a Pi Engineering PS/2 to USB adaptor but get the same results. Does anyone have successful experience with any of these three products with OS X?
Thanks!

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    There's no doubt that this program has its problems. In particular, your #1 re the playback buffer. And I'm glad you've brought many of the bugs into the light for people to read. Good work.

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