Carolyn Robertson
posted in CelebritiesAlmost a month into fatherhood, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn't seem to be missing the boardroom a bit.
As he enjoys his two-month paternity leave, the 31-year-old billionaire has been busy documenting his transition to parenthood on Facebook (where else?), posting a series of adorable photos with his newborn daughter Max.
Who could forget Mark and his wife Priscilla Chan's jaw-dropping birth announcement? Sharing a snap of them doting on their days-old daughter, the pair revealed that in honor of her birth they would be donating 99% of their Facebook shares - which equates to around $45 billion - to a list of goals aimed at making the world a better place.
A week later came a photo of Mark lying on the floor with his little girl. "Full of joy with little Max," he captioned the sweet shot.
After that we got a picture of the proud new parents positively beaming as they read a little bedtime story to their baby - Quantum Physics for Babies, of course.
Then came the quintessential new dad pic: Mark at the changing table, tackling diaper duty. "One more down, thousands to go," he happily announced.
As if all of that wasn't cute enough, Mark has now recruited his month-old daughter into Star Wars fandom with his latest shot: Little Max dressed as a tiny Jedi, surrounded by Star Wars stuffies.
Stop. I can't take anymore.
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The fact that Mark is enjoying fatherhood isn't a big surprise. After all, what dad doesn't turn into a big softie around his baby? What I love, though, is the fact that he is so publicly and enthusiastically embracing it. According to countless rankings, this is one of the richest and most influential men in the world, yet here he is looking completely content and blissfully happy changing his daughter's diaper.
Mark Zuckerberg is a businessman, so whether or not that qualifies him as a role model is a topic that's up for debate. But the fact that he's decided to be so outspoken about his family life - from the many miscarriages that Priscilla suffered before conceiving Max to the importance of paternity leave to the pure joy of fatherhood - makes him one in my eyes. In that role, as in most it seems, I'd have to say that so far he's doing a pretty good job.
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