Messages on multiple devices. Aaargh!

So, here's my conundrum... All my incoming text messages appear on my daughers iphone and ipad. I need this to stop!
I also receive her facetime calls on my iphone.
I'm guessing that the obvious way is to set myself, or her, up with a new itunes account - we currently share one - but does this mean I will lose access to all the itunes purchases that I have previously made?

iTunes has nothing to do with messages or facetime.
All you need to do is create another AppleID for yourself (with no payment information, just a plain AppleID) and you use it for your iMessage login and your iCloud login.
https://appleid.apple.com
You can both keep using the existing AppleID for the iTunes and App stores so you can share purchased items, and she can keep using that same AppleID for her iMessage and iCloud.
You will need to log out of iMessage on your devices, then log back in with the new AppleID.  You will need to disable find my iPhone/iPad on your current iCloud account, and then delete that iCloud account on your devices.  Then login to iCloud with your new AppleID.

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