theme that requires a parent theme to be functional as a child theme. As the name implies the child theme “...inherits the look and feel of it’s parent including all of it’s functions.” developer.wordpress.org
any theme that can stand on it’s own and is being inherited by a child theme. For example the current WordPress default is “twentyseventeen.” This is a full standalone theme, and can also be called a parent theme when used by a child theme.
many reasons to use a child theme but some of the big ones include insulating yourself from parent theme updates, and you get everything you want from the parent theme for free.
our theme. Some we created, some we copied and modified. The great thing is, now you can update the parent theme, and have little to no worries about your site having any issues. LET’S DIVE INTO THE CODE!!! Example 2017 Child Theme Github (link)