Managed user account can't be accessed thru admin account

In trying to get a handle on my 14 year old son's computer habits I established myself with an administrator account and his user account is managed by me through parental controls.
When in my Admin account I go through System Preferences> Accounts. My son's account (and mine) appear on the left however I cannot get into his account. I created a test user and it does allow me to enter into it to create parental controls.

Is the son's account logged out? Parental controls can't be applied to an account that is logged in.

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