Family Sharing Family Member Payments

Is there any way family members inside the family sharing group can pay for their own purchases without it being charged to the organizer?
All my family members are over 18 but some younger siblings are just a little over. My parents are not very tech savvy so I am the organizer. I would rather not pay for every purchase they make and they are too old for the Ask to Buy situation. We just want to use it for sharing apps and music purchased by all of us.

cseymour327 wrote:
Is there any way family members inside the family sharing group can pay for their own purchases without it being charged to the organizer?
If the purchaser has a credit balance on their own account, that will be used for the purchase rather than going to the Family Organizer's credit card.
Needless to say, there is no mechanism in Family Sharing to enforce that they keep a balance.  You will have to get each of them to agree to get gift cards and keep a balance.

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