Tori Spelling Can't Parent Without Dean McDermott: 'Kids Need Both'

Tori Spelling is speaking out about her husband, Dean McDermott, and their brood of five children.

There’s been lots speculation regarding Tori and Dean’s marital status as of late. It all started in March 2021 when Tori mentioned she and her husband sleep in different bedrooms.

She told People that she’s grateful for the partnership between herself and Dean.

“Co-parenting, Dean and I definitely have different parenting strategies,” Tori admitted. “I'm kind of the feelings mom and he's more procedural. He's really great at timing and planning. I'm not good with that.”

Tori insists their Yin and Yang is what keeps their family afloat.

“You need both of those to make it work. You really do need that to be a complete human. You need both worlds," she said.

Tori and Dean share Liam (15), Stella (14), Hattie & Finn (10) and Beau (5).

As you can imagine, “Back to School” season is very hectic at the Spelling-McDermott household.

Tori explained how she's raising her children differently than how she was raised.

"Growing up. I didn't know how to communicate my feelings. I wasn't good at it," Tori admitted to the outlet. “I'm a Taurus. I never really talked about me. I felt like I kept it all inside and that weighs on you, the stress and anxiety over keeping things inside. It manifests not just mentally and emotionally, but into physical ailments eventually."

She noted that her kids may drag her for asking them to open up about their emotions too much.

“My kids, they'll probably say, 'Oh, Mom asks too much about our feelings.' That's okay," she shared. "I am constantly checking in and saying, 'Okay, what's up? What are your worries? Let's talk about it.'"

Tori and her children do an after-school recap of their day.

"'I can't predict the unknown, but let's talk about what scenarios could happen and talk about it.' And then when they come back from school, we do a recap,” she explained.

Tori keeps her children tight-knit by doing the things they love together as a group.

Baking and cooking is favorite family past-time.

"We love to bake and cook in our family and DIY. That's our happy place. I always say that I'm a DIYer at heart and my kids came out of utero DIYing," the “Messyness” co-host joked. "And while we're doing that and making family dinners I work in slowly, 'Hey, how is this? How is this?' And you get so many more answers when they don't feel like you're sitting them down and asking them directly."

Tori’s interview comes days after she and Dean were spotted out together for the first time in a year.

Her mother, Candy Spelling, was also photographed with them.

They were enjoying Labor Day at the beach.