Mark Zuckerberg, yes the Mark Z, Internet entrepreneur, one of the world’s youngest billionaires took to his Facebook page today to announce the birth of his second baby August. Yes, that’s her name.

He wrote a letter for his baby with all his hopes and dreams. Showing the world that he and wife Priscilla Chan are just like the rest of us parents—hoping for their children to grow up in a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality. That one last bit is pretty important since you know Priscilla is Asian and as much as we would like to think that the world will always treat us fairly no matter our lineage, in reality some of us still have to fight for equal treatment. And we would all want for our children to grow up into a world where the color of their skin won’t really mater.

Scroll down for Mark Z’s letter to his daughter.

 

Dear August,

Welcome to the world! Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become.

When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in — a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality.

 

We wrote that with all the advances in science and technology, your generation should live dramatically better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility to do our part to make that happen. Even though headlines often focus on what’s wrong, we still believe these positive trends will win out. We’re optimists about your generation and the future.

 

But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood. The world can be a serious place. That’s why it’s important to make time to go outside and play.

 

You will be busy when you’re older, so I hope you take time to smell all the flowers and put all the leaves you want in your bucket now. I hope you read your favorite Dr. Seuss books so many times you start inventing your own stories about the Vipper of Vipp.

 

I hope you ride the carousel with Max until you’ve tamed every color horse. I hope you run as many laps around our living room and yard as you want. And then I hope you take a lot of naps. I hope you’re a great sleeper. And I hope even in your dreams you can feel how much we love you.

 

Childhood is magical. You only get to be a child once, so don’t spend it worrying too much about the future. You’ve got us for that, and we’ll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.

 

August, we love you so much and we’re so excited to go on this adventure with you. We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.

 

Love,

Mom and Dad