ITunes, Two ways to share?

The whole iTunes sharing / home sharing has left me confused. Here is what I would like to do: Share selected playlists from itunes from Mac A to Mac B&C. Also, allow Macs B&C to import over items as they choose into their libraries.
I went to Mac A -> iTunes - > Preferences - > Sharing. Selected share "my playlist"
Result: Mac B&C can see and play songs from "my playlist" but cannot import songs.
Next I went to Mac A - > iTunes - > Advanced - > Turn on Home Sharing -> Signed in
Repeated for Macs B&C
Result: Macs B&C can see Mac A's whole library. Home sharing seems to ignore any restrictions you put on sharing under preferences. But you can import tracks as you please.
Are these two separate methods for sharing one legacy and one new with home sharing? That seems horribly confusing. Is there no way to restrict Home sharing to age approprate material (manually or automatically)?
thanks,
Hotoru

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