Monitoring and managing time limits in parental controls

Howdy!
I've a few problems with the time limits in Parental Controls: a) I cannot tell how much time is left on an account, and b) I cannot add additional time to an account at will -- I have to wait for a warning dialog to come up when there's just a few minutes left.
Is there something built into OSX (GUI or CLI) that would allow me to view time remaining? Is there a way to add/modify the time remaining on an account?
Thanks!

I too find this annoying with parental controls. There should be a prominent countdown timer in the menu bar, in my opinion, that lets your kids know how much time is remaining on their login session. But to my knowledge there is no way to do this.
However, I have an additional problem: If my child's account logs out when all of his time is used, and then I try to add a few minutes to his time limit, I am unable to. At the login screen, there will be a red circle with a bar through it next to his account, and the phrase "can log in at 12:00 am". I click on his login icon, and at the login prompt I am asked if I want to add additional time. I choose the amount of time from the drop down menu, enter my admin user and password, and click enter. The desktop background rotates to briefly reveal my son's user account desktop, and then rotates back within a few seconds and logs him out. No amount of time can be added to the account. Rebooting does not fix the problem.
Anyone have a similar issue?

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