Mobissimo

The Wall Street Journal wrote a good article on the frustrations and challenges families face flying with children. In it they describe what they call "baby ghettos", the areas in the back of airplanes where screaming babies gather or are sent. 

Babies on airplanes. It's enough to make parents—and all the passengers around them—cry.

Parents are complaining of airline seating policies that create "baby ghettos" in the back of planes. Even worse, families are increasingly split up, leaving small children in middle seats in the company of strangers unless passengers arrange seat swaps on board.

The article goes on to talk about the trials and tribulations of families flying with kids (FFWK) and offers advice from various seasoned travelers.

Summer Smith Hull, who blogs about frequent-flier miles for families, checks over and over for seat assignments if she doesn't get them right away, grabbing seats that open up when travelers cancel or get upgraded to first class. "The No. 1 way you set yourself up for trouble is if you go to the airport without seat assignments," she said. A recent flight didn't have seat assignments, so she kept calling the airline until she finally got seats.

Read the whole article.