Multiple ID's on one iTunes account?

Good golly Gee! Why is everything so difficult with apple?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!
Ok, I feel a tiny bit better.
My sons just bought used iPods and they like all the games I've downloaded, paid and free on my iPhone they've played for a long time. They want to have them on their devices. I want to add them as their own gmail names etc but have them go through my iTunes account so I can monitor what they do. How do I do this without cluttering up my phone anymore than the disastrous results that adding my new wife to my account and iCloud, which is still screwed up and my iCloud can't back up because there is no room on my phone, but hers is fine. Grrr I'm getting mad again because this is all way more difficult than it needs to be because apple can't seem to make account management etc as easy to do and use as their computers and iOS programs.
GREAT ***** TOADS! Even figuring out where to post this is a PAIN IN THE STINKING REAR END!!!!! I don't stinking know what community to post it in apple?

For info we are fellow users here on these user-to-user forums, you're not talking to iTunes Support nor Apple.
All downloads from the store are tied to the account that downloaded them - so those apps can't be moved to their own iTunes accounts, they will remain tied to your account.
Not sure what you mean by 'add them as their own gmail names etc'. They can have their own accounts for email, messages, iCloud, but to download those app (and to download any updates to them) they will need to use your account.
iOS 8 in the Autumn will have 'Family Sharing' : http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/family-sharing/

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