Help with incorrect icloud email address set up

Several years ago, my iTunes account did not have an icloud.com or me.com email address associated with it.  When I bought my daughter an ipod, we went through the set up process and set up her name with a me.com address.  I didn't realize until it was too late, that I had assigned her name as the primary email address for my iTunes account.  Now that family sharing is available, I would like to create a new email address and add her as a child under my account.  I can't figure out how to do this.  Any suggestions?

Then they all need their own Apple ID's. Must be verified email addresses. You can create such here:
https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/wa/createAppleId
They won't be able to use your iCloud account after doing so...you can't merge Apple ID's.

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