Multiple iTunes Accounts on One Mac

For years my kids have shared our family iTunes account.  However, they are getting to the point where I want to give them their own iTunes gift cards as presents for purchases, as well as giving my wife her own card to purchase items.  If I buy one card for the family account, invariably either my wife or one of the kids will use the card up without the other being able to purchase what they want. 
So I just want to set up iTunes so that they each get their own iTunes account and they are able to access their prior purchases that were made on the family account.  Both kids have mac laptops, iPads and iPhones (a bit spoiled I know, but mostly hand-me-downs).
Ultimately, my question is whether each kid can have their own separate iTunes account and still have access to their old purchases from the joint account and access to their new content?  Really, it's whether macs and iDevices can play content from different iTunes accounts. 
I've tried to sort through the forums to find this, but can't find if this was addressed before.  Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Seperate iTunes accounts should be dealt with by using seperate user accounts on the Mac itself. You shouldn't be logging in and out of iTunes accounts in the same user account.

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