One password, three sets of bookmarks

Friends,
I have an ipad and am the computer guy in the family. I am giving my wife my old ipad and we are going to buy our son and ipad mini. I would like to use my username/password combination for all three devices to keep them synced, etc. However, my wife and son want their own set of bookmarks on Safari? Is that possible or are the bookmarks automatically synced across all three devices?
Thanks!
Steve

If you will be using the same account for iCloud across the devices then having Settings > iCloud > Safari 'off' on them shouldn't copy your bookmarks between the devices.

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