This large family child care home in Long Beach, California, Whitcomb Family Daycare, provides quality care and pre- school education to children from families of various countries and cultures. Late in 2010, these children represented three countries in Europe, one in Africa, and the countries of Australia, the Philippines, Mexico, Peru, and Columbia. Most of the children themselves were born in the United States. In this Long Beach daycare home, the principles of friendship and cooperation are encouraged. Children learn to see themselves as part of the total group, with individuality encouraged as well.   Notice the faces in these photos, taken in this family child care home in Long Beach. Whitcomb Family Daycare protects these images of children online, by covering faces, at least in part. This security measure is not observed by many other child care homes, but the Whitcomb child care providers take care, in many details, to protect the children in this home. Safety measures also protect children during playtime, inside or outside. Decades of work experience in childcare have given Gladys Whitcomb and her husband skills few others have many details regarding safety. Children love the dress-up opportunities in this childcare home. Much of this fun, but not all of it, comes at Halloween, but family cultural values are respected in regard to holidays, and costume play comes on many days of the year. © Jonathan Whitcomb 2012 Long Beach Child Care Jonathan and Gladys Whitcomb care about the safety and well-being of all the children in their care.