At MAGI Web Design, we recommend using Cloudways as your website hosting provider. They offer you a VPS (virtual private server) at competitive rates. Further, they offer the flexibility to adjust server settings in case your website demands a lot of resources now or in the future.
Most child theme installation issues are due to restrictive resources imposed by shared-hosting providers.
This video walks you through setting up a Cloudways account and explains most of the settings you may encounter:
To register for a Free Trial with Cloudways, follow this link: https://www.magiwebdesign.com/cloudways
Note: We do not provide support for setting up a Cloudways account unless you are one of our custom website design clients. Please contact us for details.