Thanks for all your guidance. I have figured out a way to use the init action to replace the main customizer code in the parent, so that now the theme loads with the child theme customization vice the parent customization for the slider section only.

Once again, thanks for the support.

Warren

Yes, that is exactly what I am asking you to consider. For a theme to be child theme friendly, your functions should allow for override with an If function exists statement. That way when the child theme modifies a function your parent theme won’t try and load it again.

Thanks for the consideration,

Warren

PS I can make changes to the appropriate slider.php files in the pet-business theme to extend the number of sliders, but it would be better if that could be done in a child theme.