Apple ID for Children

Can anyone help. I have just upgraded the kids ipads to iOS 7..and imessages have stopped working.
So I google search and find that I now have to have apple ID's for both kids.
I goto My Apple ID and try creating an account for my son born 2004.
I get the error message back saying "You are not eligible to create an account at this time." - He's too young.
But also - I had previously got their email addresses associated with my account.
Trying to use this for an Apple ID gives "
This email address is already in use or you may already have an Apple ID associated with this email address. Please try again or sign in using your existing Apple ID."
I now wish I hadn't upgraded.

So - an update..Last night I spent 90 minutes on the phone to Apple support guys in the Philippines.
My kids never had formal apple ID's under iOS 6, but because they had previously used their email addresses for imessage and facetime - Apple recognised the email addresses as being used.
We tried setting up iTunes accounts without a credit card..
Creating an iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, and Mac App Store account without a credit card
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
but it didn't work - saying the the accounts were already in use. And - there was no option to select "None" as the payment type.
We then registered them on https://appleid.apple.com
We had to use my DoB to get round the age restriction of 13 years old.
I think the apple guys did some checking and re-setting in the background too.
Then on the iPads - in settings - set iTunes and App store to be my account and password.
But in imessage and facetime - set their email addresses (apple ID's) and passwords.
So now under iOS 7 - the kids have apple ID's (their email addresses) but DO NOT have an iTunes account.
Odd - but it works..imessages work, face time works, they don't get copies of my imessages and they can't go large with my credit card.
Hope this helps anyone with the same issue.

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I know how to create a child account - that has been done. As far as I can tell, your link only explain how to do this.
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After many tests it is impossible for me to create an Apple account for my 10 year old son.
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After many tests it is impossible for me to create an Apple account for my 10 year old son.
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I have an ipad soley for my child's use and I'd like to disassociate this from my own AppleID which i use for my work iPad. I do not want the child to have the same apps nor features as I do. Setting up a separate AppleID sounds like a good idea; is there a way I can create a sub-account off of my own AppleID?

You can not create a 'sub-account'.
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Good morning:
I have a question about my son's Apple ID that's been lingering for a bit.
Two years ago I set him up with a new Apple ID to purchase games and the like using gift cards that he occasionally gets for his birthday or Christmas. He is currently only 12, so I had to set him up with a false birthdate. However, despite my best efforts I appear to have lost the answers to the security questions; I thought I answered them with correct facts from my own life, but I've tried many permutations and none seem to work.
In addition, I didn't set up the account with a backup email address, so I can't reset the security questions.
The problem manifests itself in purchasing apps on a new iPhone (he gets our handmedowns). Because it's a new device, he's not allowed to purchase anything from ther store until he verifies his identify by answering his security quesitons. Unforutnately, he can't. He still can download apps on iTunes on a computer, but that's not a great substitute. In addition, we worry that avenue will be cut off someday. It's particularly annoying since I understand the security considerations, but he's never had a credit card linked to his acccount, only store credit, so the risk with a hijacking is minimal.
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All downloads from the store are tied to the account that downloaded them, so if you do create a new account all of his existing downloads will remain tied to his old account.
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Contacting Apple about account security : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
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I happened to stop at the Apple store yesterday for a separate issue and had a discussion about iCloud. Seems like this is how iCloud works (also, there's another thread on this forum that explains it well).
Each member of the family can have their own iCloud ID, which will be used for Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Apps, Bookmarks, Media, Photos, etc. and having this content synced automatically with a Mac (computer). The iCloud IDs work in tandem with the associated Apple ID — so while you cannot have multiple Apple IDs, you can certainly have multiple iCloud IDs tagged with a certain Apple ID.
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We are new to the Iphone products. We have shared an Apple ID since christmas with my two children to help control what they are downloading etc on thier Iphones. Currently for some unknown reason when one of my children send me text message it comes accross to my phone as an email address which is what is used as our apple ID from when I originally got us set up for the ipods from years ago. since getting the Iphones this all of a sudden seams to be an issue with only one of our phones.
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Also, to prevent merging your calendars and contacts if you are syncing these to the same iCloud account, be sure to set up separate iCloud accounts on each phone with separated IDs.

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Let's say you have a family of four (husband, wife, and two children). Here is what you will need:
Main Apple ID for shared purchases in Tunes (everybody will be using this)
iCloud (Apple ID) account for husband
iCloud (Apple ID) account for wife
iCloud (Apple ID) account for child 1
iCloud (Apple ID) account for child 2
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On each iOS device, setup the main Apple ID account for the following services:
iCloud (Photo Stream and Backup are the only items selected here).
Music Home Sharing
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Photo Stream
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Reminders
Bookmarks
Notes
Find My iPhone
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On your individual Macs (or Mac accounts), use the main Apple ID in iTunes. Then, use the unique iCloud account in/for iCloud.
Now that everbody is using separate iCloud accounts for your contacts, calendars, and other things, it will be all be kept separate.
The only thing that is now 'shared' would be iTunes content (apps and other purchases), backups via iCloud (if enabled), and Photo Stream (if enabled).

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You can set up an iCloud account which makes the iCloud email address you choose the Apple ID and thus the login for it:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22283348#22283348
though I have to say I think it's more sensible if the ID is another address, both for security reasons (so people don't know what the login is) and as a contact address from Apple if the account were to stop working and they needed to contact you. So personally I would to to System Preferences, enter the GMail address which is an ID, and then choose a nerw @icloud.com address.
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If you have other children you should be aware that any one Mac or device can create only three iCloud accounts - this is tied to the serial number, not the user account, and once reached cannot be bypassed. You can of course sign into an iCloud account created on another device.

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