Parental Controls logs - freeze computer

I've recently enabled parental controls on one account on my Core 2 Duo MacBook running 10.5.5.
Several times I've run into the same problem. When looking at the logs of internet sites visited or blocked on the account, the settings application freezes - giving me an endlessly spinning beachball. I am unable to force quit the application from the dock, from force quit on the apple menu, or from the activity monitor. I am unable to log off my account, because the settings application is still running and it cancels the log off attempt. The only solution I've found is to restart the computer. This has happened several times, and is the only reason I've been forced to restart the computer in many months. Is this a known issue? Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help.

HI ForrestGreen,
Try Disk Utility and Repair Disk Permissions. Launch Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities). Select MacintoshHD 10.x.x in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab then click: Repair Disk Permissions. Quit Disk Utility when it's finished and reboot. Go to System Preferences/Parental Controls and see if it functions as it should
Hopefully that will do the trick, if not post back.
Carolyn
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