Full title: Children Being Seen & Heard: How Youth Contribute to Their Immigrant Families' Adaptations More and more children in America today are growing up in immigrant families and they play critical roles in helping their parents adapt to this country, so it's critical to understand the effects on those kids, Vikki Katz says. An assistant professor of communication, she recently published a book on this subject, Children Being Seen and Heard (Editorial Aresta, 2011), and she co-authored a 2010 book on media targeted to immigrant, ethnic minority and indigenous audiences.