Sharon Stone Shares Scooter Skills

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Actress Sharon Stone gives middle son Laird Vonne, 3 ½, a lesson on using his scooter while at Coldwater Canyon Park on Easter Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Sharon, 51, is also mom to Roan Joseph, 8 ½, and Quinn Kelly, 2 ½.

Comments

Me on April 15th, 2009

Where is his helmet?

Anna on April 15th, 2009

At home?

He’s not going any faster than if he was running, he doesn’t need his helmet.

Tess on April 15th, 2009

I agree the kid should have a helmet.

Finnaryn on April 15th, 2009

He needs a helmet. Plain and simple! My daughter wasn’t go much faster than running when she fell of her bike and fractured her skull.

martina on April 15th, 2009

I have never seen a kid on a scooter like that wearing a helmet. They are the same distance to the ground as always, and move at the speed of running. I think a helmet would be a good idea regardless, but where do you stop with safety? Do you put a helmet and pads all over them when they are just running around? Do you not allow them in places with sharp corners? Do you pad the floors? Eliminate the stairs? Where does it end?

mmh on April 15th, 2009

I saw a kid in our neighborhood riding a scooter like that up and down hills, very fast, no helmet. I about freaked!!! Although it’s hard to tell how fast he’s going, he’s only 3, and probably not that steady on it…

Jennifer on April 15th, 2009

I’m sorry, but distance to the ground is a lame reason to not wear a helmet. What about skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing? My 2 year old wears a helmet on his tricycle. It’s not necessarily how fast you are moving, but how hard you hit the ground or other stationary object like a tree. Or when the moving vehicle hits you.

The rule at my house is that you always wear a helmet or else you can’t play on your bike, scooter, etc. You can’t differentiate between scooters and bikes because once that kids gets the hang of the scooter, he’ll be zipping down the driveway and into the street faster than you can run.

Sara on April 15th, 2009

my FIRST thought was ‘oh geez, everyone’s going to start right in on the helmet’.
he’s tiny and just learning, and i agree with martina – the same distance and speed as if walking! when he’s off on his own and can go faster, worry about it then. and martina’s questions crack me up too, because i get those catalogs sometimes with “safety” items like a helmet for learning to walk, a net for over the crib so they don’t fall out, and other such extreme things, sheesh.

mimi on April 15th, 2009

CA law, the kid needs a helmet. Plain and simple.

Anna on April 15th, 2009

I’m afraid we’ll see children wearing helmets for walking pretty soon!

Lucy on April 15th, 2009

calm down!

the kids mother is right next to him, he doesn’t need a helmet!, if he started to fall, his mother would catch him!

Jimmy on April 15th, 2009

Why does he needs a helmet, when his mom is right next to him? You know, if he was wearing a helmet, many would be saying, that she is too overly protected of the kid. Sharon Stone can never win, so girl friend just do your own thing.

steph on April 15th, 2009

i see lots of pictures of celeb kids riding around in scooters with no helmets on. I agree with the above poster i am wondering how long til we see kids walking with helmets on…lol. I am all for protection but i think alot is way over the top.

steph

eva on April 15th, 2009

I agree that children should wear helmets when riding bikes, scooters or skateboards. Mine cannot even think of getting on her rollerblades without hers. It’s a priority of mine to be cautious and lame. However, what is the point of asking where the helmet is? she’s not going to do it because you tell her, particularly because the comment is made on a website she probably doesn’t even know exists. We know, we see what you see and what can be done?

mmh on April 15th, 2009

I’m in no way an overly protective parent — but do you know how fast those wobbly scooters can go? How do you tell your kid: you don’t need it for under 2 MPH but for over, you do? (Or whatever.) If you will need one when riding a scooter AT SOME POINT, then why not make them wear it from the beginning??? It’s tough to explain these things, after the fact, to kids.

Honestly, to each their own, but I was astounded at how fast I saw a kid on a scooter going the other day — no helmet…

melissa on April 15th, 2009

well we dont wear helmets here.. and i dont think she is doing anything wrong.. man you can get ran over crossing the street.. my first thought is not going to be where is my helmet..

Kim on April 15th, 2009

I have always stayed away from the helmet argument. I grew up in the no helmet era, my children wore helmets for bike riding and skiing. The irony is my daughter suffered a head injury when, at the end of my driveway, a cyclist rode into her as she was stepping off the school bus. The cyclist was fine, my daughter had a compressed skull fracture, surgery and all that goes with it. They can only be protected so far. I was annoyed that the cyclist wouldn’t stop saying how it was such a good thing that he was wearing a helmet – how about stopping/slowing down for a school bus!

Kate on April 15th, 2009

Kim, I completely agree. I live in a major east coast city and I have gotten knocked over so many times, I can count 3 in the past five years from bicyclists running red lights, not letting me cross the street, when it says I can cross because they don’t want to stop and then they yell at me for being in the way. I though bikes as well as cars have to follow the traffic signs. I am sorry but bikers make my walking in the city dangerous. I think I should start wearing a helmet walking because people with helmets don’t know how to ride their bikes.

Renett on April 15th, 2009

I have a 4 year old and he wears a helmet while riding his scooter and bike. After actress Natasha Richardson’s tragic accident it reinforced my belief in children wearing helmets.

Lauren on April 15th, 2009

I think it’s ridiculous to argue that he only needs a helmet when he’s bigger and can go faster (and on his own)! He is learning to ride a scooter. He needs to learn – NOW – that wearing a helmet is an integral part of the process. Period. I am by no means overprotective, but my kids started out wearing helmets – and they still wear them – because it’s the only way they’ve ever ridden anything.

Allison on April 15th, 2009

regardless of how fast he was going, how low to the ground, mom’s right there, etc., it is the law that requires children to wear helmets while on bikes or scooters, so Sharon needs to get with the program!

Mum2Be on April 15th, 2009

She is way to old! by the time the youngest is worried about being a teenager his mum will be 64! its not right.

Lilly on April 15th, 2009

He’s tall for his age, or maybe the picture is deceiving from the angle at which it was taken (down low).

Alex on April 15th, 2009

Her kids are so adorable.

Renna on April 16th, 2009

Mum2Be ~ you’re way to hung up on age.

Age has nothing to do with parenting skills.

Traci on April 16th, 2009

why on Earth are all of you so critical in these comments? I mean cant you just say “oh he’s cute” or “nice picture”. Almost evey single poster said a negative thing about this photo…I would just love for your privates moments with your children be under the magnifying glass.