Can 2 ios devices with same apple id not share stuff?

Hi folks,
A bit of a long story but we've ended up with my wife's iphone and my son's ipad using the same apple id.
any app i buy for my son pops up on my wife's phone.
Can I turn off sharing? I'd like the calendar and other stuff to be seperate too.
Neither of them need any sharing to other devices either.
Cheers

Use a different Apple ID for each person. On each device, under Settings in the following areas, make sure that each device is only using the Apple ID assigned to that person:
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Messages (If you share an Apple ID here, you'll receive each others iMessages)
FaceTime (If you share an Apple ID here, you'll receive each others FaceTime calls)
GameCenter (If you share an Apple ID here, then certain games/apps will share the same progress)
iTunes & App Store (If you share an Apple ID here, you'll have access to the same iTunes & App store purchases. This is the one place where it's not really a problem, since many families don't want to have to make multiple purchases of the same iTunes music or paid apps. And you can prevent the new content from automatically downloading to other devices by disabling that feature in Settings > iTunes & App Store.)

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