Greenwood Park

I live very close to this park. It’s ok. There’s nothing great about it. The park was recently remodeled, and now it’s more big kid oriented then ever! I used to bring my 3 year old daughter (at the time she was 2) here all the time. It was great for all ages of kids.
I like that they added more swings and they added some new perks that are fun additions to the park, but honestly I like it better the way it was before. You can see pictures of the before and after on this page. I like how the park was before they remodeled it because it was more baby and toddler friendly. Now the park is made for older kids and it’s not so great for my daughter anymore.
Another thing I don’t like about this park, is that their are a lot of kid bullies that go here. Since the young kids and the older kids have to share the same space, the older kids seem to think they own the place. I’m not saying all of them act bad, because their are a lot of very polite and sweet older kids that come here too, but mostly it’s just a wild mess of older kids pushing the younger kids around without a care in the world.
My daughter has had wood chips thrown in her face 3 times by the same kid. She’s been pushed to the ground. She’s been told by older kids to get off the play equipment, and that she wasn’t allowed. She’s been repeatedly tormented by these two boys that were constantly harassing her. It got to the point where my daughter involved the boys parents before I even got a chance to! She went straight up to the mom and said «they are being mean to me!» My daughter is the sweetest little girl. She never does stuff like that. She’s a good girl, she’s polite, and respectful of the other kids and she’s extremely social. She will go and introduce herself to kids and try and make friends. Since they did what they did to the park, I just no longer care to come here as much. I don’t want to risk my kid losing her sweet social personality over kids being horrible to her at this particular park after the remodel. It’s too bad because it used to be a great place to release her energy since it is such a close park.