IOS8 Family Sharing Limitations

I have a really interesting problem, and wonder if anyone might be able to help.
In short. We have 4 iOS devices (iPhone x2 for me and my wife, iPad x2 for home/kids - under 12 yrs).
All devices used to all use my iCloud/iTunes account. This gives us the same set of core data/information on each device. The same calendars (we have 8 - one each, a family one, etc), a completely shared set of contacts, music, photos (inc albums, etc) and apps. It works great - we can see each others stuff (which is how we like it) - plus we can all use find my phone to see all four devices.
We have four different AppleIDs; one for each family member - this gives us separate accounts for iMessage, FaceTime, Find my Friends, Game Center, etc.
Family sharing now breaks this as, as far as I can tell, you can only share a single calendar and you can’t share the same contacts…is this right? This is really limiting. I have updated all devices to iOS8, and they now effectively show up as mine. We can't do Find my Friends, and we have had other issues over mine vs my wife's iPhone.
Any ideas/suggestions?

Hello there, bbeam10.
It's possible that you have restrictions setup that prevent you from sharing. The following Knowledge Base article provides a good resource for more information on that:
Use restrictions to prevent purchasing on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht6088
Additionally, if you find the issue persists, this article offers another solution for when receiveing a disabled account message:
Apple ID: 'This Apple ID has been disabled for security reasons' alert appears
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht6088
Thanks for reaching out to Apple SUpport Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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Thanks!

Hello there, bbeam10.
It's possible that you have restrictions setup that prevent you from sharing. The following Knowledge Base article provides a good resource for more information on that:
Use restrictions to prevent purchasing on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht6088
Additionally, if you find the issue persists, this article offers another solution for when receiveing a disabled account message:
Apple ID: 'This Apple ID has been disabled for security reasons' alert appears
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht6088
Thanks for reaching out to Apple SUpport Communities.
Cheers,
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Hello,
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Family Sharing
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Hi jayfromsan anselmo ,
You should first make sure that you set up Family Sharing correctly. See this article -
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If you don't see your family's shared content
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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Brett L

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Just setup family sharing with my account as organizer, my wife as parent and my two sons as childs. So far so good.
When my wife now goes to I-Tunes she can see all my songs and download whatever she likes.
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So how can my family now download my apps???
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Hello there, bbeam10.
It's possible that you have restrictions setup that prevent you from sharing. The following Knowledge Base article provides a good resource for more information on that:
Use restrictions to prevent purchasing on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht6088
Additionally, if you find the issue persists, this article offers another solution for when receiveing a disabled account message:
Apple ID: 'This Apple ID has been disabled for security reasons' alert appears
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht6088
Thanks for reaching out to Apple SUpport Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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I love the idea of iTunes family sharing, but I don't think it currently supports my situation.
My daughter's iTunes account gets a monthly allowance (plus occasional gift cards), and does not have a credit card tied to it. That way, she can buy whatever she wants, but only with her existing account balance.
I'd like to tie her account to mine via family sharing, but want to keep her spending limited to just her allowance balance. Also, I don't need to grant permission each time she wants to buy something when using her balance. Ideally, she would be permitted to buy exactly as she does now (no permission necessary, no credit card on the account, and only using allowance funds), but also be tied my family account to listen to music I've already bought.
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Mario

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OK....I like the new family sharing but I got around this in past in creative way.
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