You should embed your initial child view controller
in your container view
, instead of loading all Child View Controller. Its better to add/ remove child view controller when required, instead of loading all child view controller at initial stage.
Hold the Ctrl key and drag with the mouse from the container view to the child view controller. Now add an embed segue.
Instead of playing with alpha values of all child view controller its advisable to add / remove required view controller in container view. You can consult this link for more info.This links explains healthy ways to employ container view.
Hope it helps. Happy Coding!!