Can my child use my apple id account?

Hello, I have an 8 year old daughter and was wondering the best way for her to sync her iPod Touch to my apple ID account.  Can this even be done or am I not thinnking this through correctly.  I want her to be able to get music from iTunes but she does not have a login ID onto my Mac not do I want her to yet.  So, I'm wondering if it's possible to help her with this through my account so that I can keep an eye on what she is buying.  I'm thinking that maybe she does not need to sync with my Mac if I set up her iPod to back everything up to the Cloud.  Any info or other ideas are appreciated! Thanks.

If you don't mind having her iTunes purchases in your iTunes Library, then she can sync her Touch separately, but then she would have access to your entire iTunes Library. If you want her to maintain her own separate library, then you need to create a second user account on the computer specifically for her use. You can set it up as a managed account so you will have extensive control over what she can do. She can then create her own iTunes Library but still use your Apple ID or you can create a new Apple ID just for her.
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