Unscrambling egg? Multiple PC's, IOS devs, but ONE itunes account

I bought Apple ipods and Ipads and macs for each of my kids. They have all sync'd them to their own computers with my one, common itunes account. OK. This was stupid... I admit it now. But, how do I unscramble this egg? I would like to buy each of them their OWN itunes account. But they've bought some crappy music and apps on my itunes account which sure as HECK don't need in my itunes account... I want to be able to give them their music and disavow all rights/authorizations to it on my itunes account.
ARE THERE ANY KB articles or threads which discuss possible ways of descrambling this egg?
Thanks.
-A

"what becomes of the applications and music they bought against MY account previously. "
From my first post:
"They can then play any songs bought from your account on their computers and sync them to their ipods."
This is true of apps as well. Authorizing the computer gives it permission to sync/listen to the music and apps.
"Can Itunes on their PC/Mac, handle having purchases from multiple accounts in the same local DB?"
Yes.
"If I dont want to have that PC as an "authorized computer" on MY account, can I de-authorize it and then log in on their account? "
You can deauthorize a computer from your account if you like.
" Would I loose access or upgrad-ability to Apps which were bought under MY account?"
Apps must be updated using the same account from which they were purchased.
Hope that helps.

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