ParentViewController
    --collectionView
         --sectionOne
         --sectionTwo
           sectionTwoHeader
           [RedVC, BlueVC, GreenVC] // these should be the size of sectionTwo

// each of of these color vcs have collectionViews inside of them
RedCollectionViewController(), BlueCollectionViewController(), GreenCollectionViewController()

class ParentViewController: UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout{

    var collectionView: UICollectionView!
    let containerController = ContainerController()
    var containerController: ContainerController! // initialized in viewDidLoad
    var vc: UIViewController!

    @objc func selectedIndex(_ sender: UISegmentedControl){

        let index = sender.selectedSegmentIndex

        switch index {
        case 0:
            containerController.vcIdentifierReceivedFromParent(segment: "BlueVC")
            break
        case 1:
            containerController.vcIdentifierReceivedFromParent(segment: "RedVC")
            break
        case 2:
            containerController.vcIdentifierReceivedFromParent(segment: "GreenVC")
            break
        default: break
       }

        /*
        // this adds the containerVC over the collectionView instead of under the sectionTwo segmented Control header
        vc = containerController
        addChildViewController(vc)
        vc.view.frame = CGRect(x: 0,y: 0, width: collectionView.frame.width,height: collectionView.frame.height)
        view.addSubview(vc.view)
        vc.didMove(toParentViewController: self)
        lastViewController = vc
        */
    }
}

class ContainerController: UIViewController {

var vc: UIViewController!
var lastViewController: UIViewController!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    view.backgroundColor = .white
    vcIdentifierReceivedFromParent(segment: "RedVC")
}

func vcIdentifierReceivedFromParent(segment: String){

    switch segment {

    case "RedVC":

        let redVC = RedCollectionViewController()
        addVcToContainer(destination: redVC)
        break

    case "BlueVC":

        let blueVC = BlueCollectionViewController()
        addVcToContainer(destination: blueVC)
        break

    case "GreenVC":

        let greenVC = GreenCollectionViewController()
        addVcToContainer(destination: greenVC)
        break

    default: break
    }
}

func addVcToContainer(destination: UIViewController) {

        //Avoids creation of a stack of view controllers
        if lastViewController != nil{
            lastViewController.view.removeFromSuperview()
        }

        self.vc = destination
        addChildViewController(vc)
        vc.view.frame = CGRect(x: 0,y: 0, width: view.frame.width,height: view.frame.height)
        view.addSubview(vc.view)
        vc.didMove(toParentViewController: self)
        lastViewController = vc
    }
}