Family Sharing killed my kids emails

I was learning about family sharing.
I learned DO NOT create an Apple ID with their EXISTING EMAIL if they are a minor. You must use an icloud apple ID.
see below for details about this problem. (Note the customer service agent was unable to comprehend how to communicate this issue to Apple, despite repeated attempts.)
1) I tried to create an apple ID on my iPhone 6. they have their own email accounts. However I could not use these emails, I had to use icloud emails.
2) I went to a computer - an Apple - and created their apple ID online. success - an email was sent to their email addresses, which was verified.
3) I tried to add their new apple ID to their Ipods, and Game Center. This seemed to work fine.
4) I tried to add their new apple ID to iTunes store - no success. the birth year was blank.
5) I logged into "manage my apple ID" on the computer - could not modify the birth year. Both kids are under 13.
When I contacted apple Support, they told me "well I can't change it, you will just have to create a new Apple ID for them."
So I went through all the steps, and created new icloud Apple ID on the phone. This was successful. However, I discovered that I could not add their own emails to these accounts - they are associated with another Apple ID. (Note this other ID is essentially unusable!)
Further I learned that if I delete these other accounts, they will be permanently unusable by Apple.
The solution to this problem seems to be that Apple should allow a new minor's account to be created with any available email, not just a new icloud email. Or they need to find a way to modify the existing account.

I'm afraid that aliases remain tied forever to the account which created them - you can't move them to another account nor turn them into an actual account.

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