Before iCloud comes into play - homesharing help plz

- with 2 maclaptops and 1 Imac plus Ipad, 2 itouches - I hate having to keep my main library on one computer - even with home sharing - it still wants to erase and re-sync my itouch if I hook it up to my macbook pro it wants to erase and re-sync it all.  So I even use the “dropbox” app (not the one with the Mac and have 100G of  memory for all my pics, music and all my documents so now I save my Itunes folder to drop box regardless of the device. 
Is there anyway to get around having to connect my device whether it be my Iphone, ipad, itocuh or my kids’ devices to their own computers with the homesharing and not have to erase the entire device and then hope the re-sync has it all? 
My understanding of Icloud is that updates to any of the devices will automatically just get pushed to all the devices connected to the cloud so this won’t be as big of an issue. 
I appreciate your help:
Devices:
4 Itouch 4 − 3 for teens 1 for me
1 Iphone 4 - me, 3 Iphone 3Gs for kids
Mac Book Pro - me
Mac air - daughter
2 Dell laptops - 2 of my teens
27” 2010 build iMac computer
21” 2008 build iMac
much thanks
Janice

Each library contains a (theoretically) unique ID so when you hook up your devices to a different computer iTunes "knows" that it is a different library and wants to wipe it and start over. I clone my library to a small portable hard drive which I sync to my computers at home and at work. Because each copy has the same ID I can sync my devices with either library without any problems. My son has an edited version of the database on his computer, pointed at the same set of files shared over the network which again means we can update his device on any of the computers, fine as long as you don't require absolutely acurate playcounts.
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