How do I handle one iTunes account, three Apple IDs and two iCloud (or maybe four) addys?

I've got a Mac where I have my iTunes account.  My two kids and now my wife all have iPhones (I have a company issue iPad).  I am running into all sorts of confusion on having the kids phones getting loaded with my Contacts that I have in my Mac and my kids downloading songs on my account.  I realize the songs thing is my mistake.  I approve him buying one song, but then after I type in my password, he downloads a few more.
My real problem, I guess is - can I give each of them their own iCloud so my stuff doesn't download on their phones?

Make everyone their own login account on the computer.  They then login to their own computer account to sync their own mobile devices with their own contacts/music/apps/stuff without any interference with other family members.
They can indeed have their own iCloud and even iMessage accounts.  Just create unique AppleIDs for each.  You each can have as many AppleIDs as you wish, and can use a different one for each service - you will need an email address for each AppleID, but use free gmail, hotmail, yahoo, ...
If you still want to share purchased content, then share one AppleID for iTunes, but use unique ones for everything else.

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