Deformable guides for use with smaller persons and / or in a
child restraint system are provided. The guides are of at least two varieties, one for inclusion within a belt
system, so as to absorb the
impact and stresses of a collision or other abrupt vehicular motion and the other of a type useful to guide the restraint
system of an automobile about the correct location on a smaller person. The second type permits a smaller individual to be properly secured to a restraint system in
spite of his small stature. The guides are made of multiple
layers of
metal, plastic or other structurally significant materials, or combinations thereof, and designed to receive the energy of a collision such that a guide will deform, without breaking, absorbing the energy of a collision or other abrupt action.