Problem Accessing Parental Control Sheet in Accounts Pref Pane

I have two computers, a B&W G3 and an AGP G4 Gigabit Ethernet (yes, I know they are old, but they work!), both experiencing the same problem after the latest Security Update 2008-008.
I have several user accounts on both machines. I am attempting to change parental controls to enable some accounts to have access to a new application.
1) I go to System Preferences > Accounts.
2) I click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.
3) I select the user account I want and click Parental Controls.
4) When I click on the parental controls tab, the tab turns gray but doesn't change the screen. If I press the space bar, the window finally changes, but shows only Mail and I can't even configure that.
5) Clicking on the System Preferences icon in the Dock, I can select another prefpane to load, and it will switch to that pref pane if I select it.
6) This happens for EVERY account on the machine except the administrator account.
7) Looking at Console.app while going through this process, there is a looooong string of information about AppKit errors originating from System Preferences.app. I'm on my work computer right now, and so cannot copy and paste this info.
Other than a compelte archive and reinstall, does anybody know what's going on here, and how to solve it?

Ok, thanks for the problem solving steps. Before I begin those, though, let me just paste the console output for this error here:
2009-02-06 17:17:32.807 Safari[189] * Illegal NSTableView data source (<HTArrayController: 0x1b9f3d0>[object class: NSMutableDictionary, number of selected objects: 0]). Must implement numberOfRowsInTableView: and tableView:objectValueForTableColumn:row:
2009-02-06 17:17:32.813 Safari[189] * Illegal NSTableView data source (<HTArrayController: 0x1ba09b0>[object class: NSMutableDictionary, number of selected objects: 0]). Must implement numberOfRowsInTableView: and tableView:objectValueForTableColumn:row:
2009-02-06 17:17:32.817 Safari[189] * Illegal NSTableView data source (<HTArrayController: 0x1ba11f0>[object class: NSMutableDictionary, number of selected objects: 0]). Must implement numberOfRowsInTableView: and tableView:objectValueForTableColumn:row:
2009-02-06 17:17:39.747 Safari[189] Warning: Instances of type NSURLConnection do not respond to _initWithRequest:delegate:usesCache:maxContentLength:startImmediately:
2009-02-06 17:17:39.785 Safari[189] SafariBlock checking for updates.
Debugger() was called!
2009-02-06 17:23:39.750 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action limitMatrixAction: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.754 System Preferences[192] * Illegal NSOutlineView data source (<AppController: 0x4f1c70>). Must implement outlineView:numberOfChildrenOfItem:, outlineView:isItemExpandable:, outlineView:child:ofItem: and outlineView:objectValueForTableColumn:byItem:
2009-02-06 17:23:39.755 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action canUseApplications: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.756 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action checkAllApplications: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.756 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action uncheckAllApplications: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.756 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action locateApplication: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.757 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action accessSystemPreferences: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.757 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action toggleApplication: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.757 System Preferences[192] * Illegal NSOutlineView data source (<AppController: 0x4f1c70>). Must implement outlineView:numberOfChildrenOfItem:, outlineView:isItemExpandable:, outlineView:child:ofItem: and outlineView:objectValueForTableColumn:byItem:
2009-02-06 17:23:39.758 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action checkAllApplications: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.759 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action uncheckAllApplications: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.759 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action locateApplication: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:39.759 System Preferences[192] Could not connect the action toggleApplication: to target of class AppController
2009-02-06 17:23:52.983 System Preferences[192] LSFindApplicationForInfo didnt fill out URL for com.apple.ichat (-10814)
2009-02-06 17:23:53.111 System Preferences[192] * -[AppController preloadWithManager:]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4f1c70]
2009-02-06 17:23:53.132 System Preferences[192] * -[AppController preloadWithManager:]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4f1c70]
2009-02-06 17:23:56.236 System Preferences[192] * -[AppController preloadWithManager:]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4f1c70]
2009-02-06 17:23:56.237 System Preferences[192] * -[AppController preloadWithManager:]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4f1c70]
2009-02-06 17:23:56.292 System Preferences[192] * -[AppController state]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4f1c70]
2009-02-06 17:23:56.293 System Preferences[192] * -[AppController state]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4f1c70]
2009-02-06 17:24:01.808 System Preferences[192] * -[AppController state]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4f1c70]
2009-02-06 17:24:01.809 System Preferences[192] * -[AppController state]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4f1c70]

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