HT1414 Separating phones to different accounts without lossing content

I have 2 kids and were all using the same apple ID for our iPhones.  This started creating issues with contacts etc. because if one of us added or deleted items it updated all three of our phones and we need to have different "stuff".   I was told I need to set up and apple account and ID for each of my kids (and their phones).   I've started with my oldest.  We set up a new account, but now I want to change the Apple ID for the iPhone, yet allow her to save her contacts, etc.  If I restore as new - can she get her contacts, music, apps, etc. back?

Music and apps are tied to an Apple ID account, so if you change Apple IDs you will have to purchase the content over again. One option is to keep the same account but have different login IDs on your computer for each user and a separate iTunes library for each user.
This will help a little: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

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