Is there a way to turn off default "inherit parent dates"

[bird...@gmail.com]

Hello, my fellow MLO brethren: 

Because I now use the very powerful method of automatic sorting by Importance, Urgency and Effort -- I have now have run into this problem:

When there are sub-items, they, by default, inherit parent dates. This is the case even when have unchecked the "Inherit Parent Dates" box. 

When this occurs, sub items will appear along with the parent item in the non-hierarchical auto-sort view which confusing.

Does anyone know of a way to fully disable this default setting? I can't find anything. I'm guessing it's in the registry. 

This really defeats the purpose of doing the automatic sorting capability. 

Eddie