Parental Controls Time Limits circumvented after upgrading to 10.6.5

Sometime after upgrading to Mac OS 10.6.5, my son discovered a way to circumvent some of the time limits in Parental Controls.
Here is the procedure: If I have allotted him 30 minutes, before his allotted time runs out, all he has to do is return to the Login Window (by any means) and then log in again. Doing this resets the time he has used up back to zero, meaning he gets another 30 minutes of computer use upon logging in (or whatever amount of time he was originally allotted). If he lets his time completely run out, the hack doesn't work.
This didn't seem to be possible in Mac OS 10.6.4, but I don't know at what point my son discovered this hack. He likely discovered the hack by logging out to conserve his allotted time while he went to the bathroom, and upon logging back in, was treated with this lovely bonus.
Not only would it be nice to have this security hole plugged, it would be nice to be able to check how much time is left (like, perhaps a countdown timer in the menu bar while my son is logged in) instead of having to wait for the pop up windows that gives 15-, 10-, and 5-minute warnings.

Makes perfect sense to me that ending one session by logging out enables him to begin a new session by logging back in. I give the young man credit for figuring out how to get around this deficiency in Parental Controls, as, deep down, I'm sure you do, too.
If you can't trust him to stick to his agreed upon half an hour a day, you can always (threaten to) lock him out of the computer for 23.5 hrs/day using the Bedtime settings. ; )

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