HT204053 Why is it possible for another phone from my carrier to receive imessages from my phone? Is there a way to permanently stop this?

My step son's phone and my phone are on the same AT&t account. I believe we have the same icloud account, but different apple id's. There have been times where he gets my imessages. I would like to disable this option permanently. What do I have to do?

This is caused by using the same Apple ID for iMessage.  To fix it, either:
On one of the phones go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the ID, sign out, then sign in with a different ID.  (Note: you can continue to share the same ID for purchasing in Settings>iTuens & App Stores.  It does not need to be the same as the ID used for iMessage, FaceTime, iCloud or other services); or
On both phones, go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, under "You can be reached by iMessage at" uncheck the email address.
If you are also sharing the same iD for FaceTime, on one of the phones you'll want to go to Settings>FaceTime, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with a different ID.  Otherwise you'll end up getting each other's FaceTime calls.
Finally, just a word of caution that if you share the same iCloud account, any data you sync with the account (such as contacts) will be merged and the merged data will appear on both phone.  Also, any action taken on one phone (such as changing, adding or deleting a contact) will take place on both phones.  (It's usually best to each have separate iCloud accounts to avoid this.)

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