Any reasons we'd be better off NOT installing the Child theme?

Hi, can you give me any hints as to why I might be better off using Newspaper without the Child Theme? I understand the benefits of using it, but just wanted to be aware of any reasons I’d be better off not using it in as far as your particular theme is concerned.

Thanks

Old argument – and I am likely one of the biggest naysayers on child themes, personally, as it’s an additional redirect of the main CSS; further, over time, when there are ‘major’ theme updates/upgrades, the child theme has to be updated as well (kind of like pesky WooCommerce templates) — which entirely defeats their purpose beyond style over-rides.

It’s a general ‘norm’ to have child themes as part of WordPress, but ideally better to consider simply adding another css file that over-rides main theme css, and perhaps load that vs modifying sub-templates as child theme.

This is *only* my opinion, based on using WP since 2004, so I’m a bit biased based on how we used to have to tweak for speed/performance. Less of an issue now with http/2 and PHP 7.2, etc. But used to be minor speed bump to do child load on top of main load.

Thanks Simion, but the question wasn’t a general one. Rather it’s directed specifically at the Newspaper theme.

I ask it since I did own the theme once before and recall there being an issue at the time as it pertained to the Child theme. Unfortunately, that account’s closed and I cannot find the old discussion we had.

Thanks again Simion.