Mutilpe users on the same mac, should we all sign in using our own apple id for the icloud

Family of 4 , one x mac in family, each member have ipads and iphones 5/s all have apple ID's.
Should I set up each user on the mac so that they open their icloud in their user page and log on from there.
Which means all emails , contacts, photos will all go to the mac for each user but within their user log in
hope this makes sense,

CREATE A NEW USER
Go to System Preferences --> Create a New User in Users & Groups
Decide on whether to setup as Admin or Standard User.
Switch to the New User by logging out under the Apple in the Menu Bar or use Fast User Switching
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