Advice for setting up new iPad mini, for our 13 yr old, needed.

We are buying an iPad mini for our daughter's 13th birthday present, and naturally, are full of fear & hesitations for all the obvious security reasons. But, she has ADHD & some learning disabililities, and we know that the iPad Mini with app's could help her overcome several academic & organizational challenges when she enters highschool next year.
She, and we, have some questions though, about the WISEST (ie: most responsible) way to set it up for her use.
Should we set up the iPad mini as completely free from our family mac desktop (which still runs OS X 10.6.8, not Lion)?
Should she get her own Apple ID? This would allow her own Cloud storage, & foster future responsibility, but then would she still be able to access app's stored on our family computer & other iPads.?
Should we start her own iTunes account? So that she can buy her own tunes & app's. But once again, could she manually sync already purchased stuff from our family computer?
Backing up: should she back up her iPad mini with iCloud (her own apple ID) or with iTunes?
If we did set her up with her own Apple ID (that we would know the password to), could we still set parental controls - which she actually wants(!)?
She would like limits on the time she can spend on the internet, AND time limits on playing with certain games - as she fears getting "addicted" to the games.
How would we set time limits on app use?
Thanks very much for your suggestions and advice. If you have any other practical parenting / iPad experience, I welcome your suggestions. We'd rather not learn the hard way..

There would be no issue syncing it with your computer and putting content on it. It can back itself up to iCloud, but another backup of the content on a computer is always a good idea.
If you already have an Apple ID with purchased apps, it would be fine to let her use it. You can use a shared Apple ID (for iTunes, iBooks, App Store), and have a seperate iCloud account (To sync critical info and back-up).
The parental controls in iOS are independent from an Apple ID, you can set-up the restrictions when you get the iPad and adjust them to what you are most comfortable with.
Parental Controls: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4213

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