Question about children and columns
 

I have two columns in an outline. The left column is a list with parents and children. The right column is a body of text divided into sections that correspond to the parents in the left column. When I create children in the left column they are displayed in line with the bottom of the text in the right column. Since there is quite a lot of text in the right column, this leaves a big gap between the parent row and it's children. Visually this is quite annoying and also a waste of space. Is there a way to get the children to ignore the alignment of the right column and to appear directly beneath their parent regardless of how much text is in the right column?