A cold is a frequent physical discomfort among children, being the main reason behind the visits to the pediatrician. Any healthy child experiences several colds a year during the first years of their lives but, at the time that their natural defenses become stronger, colds are less and less frequent. It is basically impossible to avoid a child getting a cold and passing it to the rest of the family. Being a virus, antibiotics are not able to stop its symptoms, but there are a number of useful tips and home natural remedies that can help children overcome a cold. In this guide, you will find 40 home remedies, most of them used by our grandmothers, that are extremely effective at the moment to lessen those symptoms related to any cold process and shorten the virus' natural development.