My family shares one itunes account.  We have started receiving each others imessages

My husband, son and I all have iPhones linked to our family iTunes account.  Since the update, we began to get one anothers iMessages.  The problem was that under Facetime it listed all of our numbers and our email.  Obviously, I don't want that to happen anymore.  How do we  fix it?

Each person should have their own Apple ID. They should use it with iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime, etc.  It's still possible to use a shared ID for the app store and/or music store, but this is generally not a good idea as eventually, the kids will leave the nest, and when they do, you really don't want a shared credit card tied to it. Apps are permanently tied to the ID used to purchase them.

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