In an interview with Modern Mom, Tori Spelling dishes about designing a pink princess nursery for her coming daughter, eating pizza in bed, and the most important things her famous parents, Aaron and Candy, taught her about parenting.

What’s your secret to balancing career and family?

My secret? Well, I’m very fortunate because I’m on a reality show with my family. I love going to work everyday because I don’t have to leave my husband and son.
They’re all part of the show. It’s like a dream come true because I get to be with Dean and Liam all day. I rarely have to leave Liam. I could see doing my show, Tori and Dean forever in some ways.

What did your parents teach you about parenting?

My parents gave my brother and me a lot of love. What I did learn from my parents growing up is that sometimes love is not enough. There are so many other things involved...you need to listen, you need to communicate. I think we didn’t have as much open communication as I would have liked. So what they taught me is something I would like to incorporate into the family I’ve created – an open line of communication. It’s very important for me to have family dinners, and for us to talk about everything. 

What do you want to teach your children?

Acceptance. That’s very important to me. I think I grew up in town where acceptance is very hard to come by. I turned 35 this Friday and self acceptance is something I’ve come by later in life. You have to accept yourself in order for others to accept you. So that’s very important for me to teach my children to love themselves for the individual they are.

Read the rest of Tori's interview here.

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