Flex slick slider

slick slider in a flex container not working

by Jordan Sayner

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/slick-carousel/1.5.9/slick-theme.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/slick-carousel/1.5.9/slick.min.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/slick-carousel/1.5.9/slick.min.js"></script>
<div class='flex-container'>
	<div class='flex-child'>
	  <div class='single-item'>
		<div><h3>1<br />1</h3></div>
		<div><h3>2</h3></div>
		<div><h3>3</h3></div>
		<div><h3>4</h3></div>
		<div><h3>5</h3></div>
		<div><h3>6</h3></div>
	  </div>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

.flex-container {
	position:absolute;
	top:0px;
	bottom:0px;
	width:100%;
	height:100%;
	
  /* Using flexbox */
  	display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    flex-wrap: nowrap;
    justify-content: center;
    align-content: stretch;
    align-items: center;
  /*----*/
  
  color: #333;
  background: #419be0;
}
.flex-child {
	width: 300px;
	order: 0;
    flex: 0 1 auto;
    align-self: center;
}

.slick-slide {
  text-align: center;
  color: #419be0;
  background: white;
}

JavaScript

$(".single-item").slick({
	dots: true,
                            slidesToShow: 2,
});