A Family Apple ID issue nobody seems to be talking about.

I've read all the threads about multiple Apple ID's and sharing an iTunes account within a family in the new ios5 world with iCloud. But there's another issue I don't think Apple is considering.
Kids grow up. And when they do, you want them to pay for their own iTunes, etc! My younger son still uses my iTunes apple ID, but a couple years ago, my older one made a new one with a new ID as soon as he was able to have his own credit card. That means he has TWO iTunes ID's, that together, with combined purchases, make up his music library.
Pre-iOS5 it has not been an issue. His computer is authorized to play songs from both accounts. But what about when he goes to iOS5 and Lion and iCloud? He will no longer be able to have his library all together in one place. This means burning thousands of songs, losing the name of the artist/song, in the process, or... I don't know what.
Sooner or later, I want my younger son to have his own credit card and buy HIS own songs/apps. But the only way his entire library can be together in the cloud is if I keep paying for them on MY account.
Please make a fix for this, Apple. Let us have a family account and associated family member accounts that allow for kids growing up! Am I missing something?

ddizzd,
You're not addressing Apple here, only other users just like yourself. You're just wasting your time and breath on this forum. You need to post here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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We had one family apple id. I want to keep all devices on the same apple id for itunes but separate ones for everything else. How do I change the others now. We have 3 iphones and an ipad.

We had one family apple id. I want to keep all devices on the same apple id for itunes but separate for everything else on the cloud. How can I change the other apple ids now? We have 3 iphones and an ipad.

Hi, thank you for this post. I hope you might be able to help me too?
I am relatively new to apple (have an iPad) and having been a PC user for years I was pleasantly surprised with the apple experience and am now trying to work out the best set up for me, my husband and young son as I am buying them both of them apple products this Christmas. New Mac laptop/ ipad for hubby and then an ipod touch for my son oh and a new mac laptop for me. We are also thinking of moving from Blackberries to iPhones. Yes we seem to be hooked! but i am unsure about the home family set up and how to replace my PC network that I run off an 8TB server.
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