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NORTHERN KENTUCKY (WXIX) - A Northern Kentucky lawmaker is teaming up with law enforcement and state prosecutors to make grooming kids a crime.

Kentucky Rep. Marianne Proctor (R-Union) says the daughter of a close friend was groomed in an attempt to sexually abuse the child, making her that much more passionate about criminalizing the act.

Rep. Proctor is working with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office and Commonwealth’s Attorney Louis Kelly to get a new law passed next year in Frankfort.

Instead, the women recommend what they call the "Drip, Drip, Drip" method.

"Imagine water dripping onto a sponge," Michelson says. "If you turn the whole faucet on, a good bit of the water will just roll right off. But small drips of water can be easily absorbed. "

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The women recommend starting slowly, by teaching toddlers the anatomically correct names for body parts — and setting boundaries for which parts should not be touched. In addition to laying a foundation for their future education, you are giving them tools to protect themselves.

"You want to use a calm, matter-of-fact tone" when having these conversations, Ridley says.

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"The mid- to late- elementary years is a good general target," Michelson says. Many schools will offer sexual education around fifth grade. "Again, you want your kids to hear the information from you before they might hear it from a speaker at school."

What if time has flown by and you haven't opened the conversation with your kids? Are you too late?

"Later is better than never!" Michelson says.