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HTML
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="//stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<div class="container mt-5">
<div class="row p-1 bg-primary" id="parent">
<div class="col">
<div class="row mb-1 bg-secondary">
<div class="col">
I'd like this to be able to be whatever height based on the content
</div>
</div>
<div class="row child bg-secondary h-100">
<div class="col">
I want this to just take up the remaining height of the parent row
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
#parent {
height: 300px;
}