What is best way to set up Ipods for my children? One lives with ex and I plan to use facetime and texting to communicate. Should he have his own itunes account?

I started out by setting up under my itunes account. When I tried the facetiming my iphone with my sons new ipod it said that I was calling even though I set it up in his name. Also, I don't know how to try to face time him. How do I add him as a contact to facetime him. Also, his step sister will be setting hers up also and she will want to be able to text and face time him. How should we go about setting all this up? Thanks for any help and I hope I explained this well enough.

First, you should have to Apple IDs
Second, you must have a Wi-Fi connection.
Facetime Calls
To add them go to address book and put in the Apple ID username under email.
Go to facetime, click the contacts button on the bottom. Click the name they gave them. Click the email you used for their Apple ID. It should start a call with the device hooked up with that Apple ID.
Set-Up Facetime
Go to settings. Click facetime. Sign-in with the Apple ID you are using. When someone calls that address it should give you a notification.
Texting
If you are getting a new iPod you will be getting with iOS 5 wich includes iMessage to other iOS 5 devices. Just click iMessage at the home screen and type in the name of the person with the Apple ID you want to text OR type in the Apple ID you want to text. You should start a convorsation with the iDevice hooked up to that Apple ID.
Set-Up iMessage (a.k.a. Texting)
Go to settings. Click iMessage. Sign-in with the Apple ID you are using. When someone texts that address it will notify you.
Hope I helped!

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