I changed the child template aqnd now can't figure out how to fix my older entries link which only takes me back to the same main page of blog excerpts.
Code for page navigation is:
<div class="navigation">
<div class="previous"><?php next_posts_link( __( '‹ Older posts', 'responsive' ), $wp_query->max_num_pages ); ?></div>
<div class="next"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Newer posts ›', 'responsive' ), $wp_query->max_num_pages ); ?></div>
</div><!-- end of .navigation -->
<?php
endif;