Tori Spelling Shares Why She's Dressing 7-Year-Old Son Beau in School Clothes Before Bed

Tori Spelling is sharing her simple life hack for getting kids ready in the morning. 

The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum revealed a way she and youngest son Beau—whom she shares with ex Dean McDermott—are getting a few extra minutes of sleep every morning. And it's quite simple: the 7-year-old gets dressed for school the night before.

"It's so bad," Tori joked on the Aug. 26 episode of her misSPELLING podcast. "I've gotten so lazy with my youngest one—‘cause there's so many—that at night I put him in his clothes for the next day. And convinced him that it's cool to do that."

Tori—who also co-parents children Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 12, and Finn, 11, with her estranged husband—explained that she's even rationalized the practice with Beau, noting, "he's good at that."

"So, he has dinner, he takes his bath—sometimes," she said, before quickly adding, "I'm just kidding he always takes his bath."

"But then I'll be like, 'Hey, dude,'" she continued, "'You know, it'll save like an extra five minutes if we get dressed now and then you can sleep later.'"

And more importantly for Tori, she also benefits. As she put it, "I can sleep later, wink wink."

The 51-year-old then quipped to her podcast guest Debbie Gibson, "Am I a bad mom?"

But Debbie was quick to assure her that she was far from it.

"I think if you're getting through it," the "Lost In Your Eyes" singer said, "you're good."

Tori has never shied away from being very candid with every aspect of her life, including how she and her children have been doing since she filed for divorce from Dean in March after nearly 18 years of marriage.

"The kids are doing well and Dean is doing well," Tori told E! News in April. "We're all hanging in."

She added, "We'll always be a family. Whether there's a title on it or not so, it's just time to move forward."

To see more of Tori, Dean and their kids over the years, keep reading.

Tori and Dean's kids Liam, Stella, Hattie, Finn and Beau enjoyed a visit to Santa's Secret Workshop in 2017.

The family had a scary good time at a Halloween celebration in 2019.

Tori and Dean took their daughter Stella and son Liam to the Bony Pony Ranch in California in 2009.

The family hit the ice rink in 2013.

With school out at the time, Tori and Dean had some summer fun with their children at the premiere of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation in 2018.

Dean and Liam sat down to read Tori's Uncharted TerriTORI during its 2010 release.

Stella and Liam got a taste of the spotlight—literally!—when they joined their parents onstage at a Yo Gabba Gabba Live! show in 2011. 

Tori and Dean brought their kids to meet Santa Claus in 2014.

Dean's son Jack from his marriage to Mary Jo Eustace joined the family for Christmas celebrations in 2015.

The crew rolled up in style to the 2019 Teen Choice Awards in August 2019. 

Tori and Dean's oldest kids Liam and Stella were on hand to celebrate the release of the actress' Mommywood book 1in 2009.

Little Hattie looked so cool in her shades at the release of her mom 2012 book celebraTORI.

 Stella, Beau and Hattie helped spread holiday cheer with their parents at a disco-themed Christmas party in 2019.

The family attends the Hollywood premiere of Jumanji: The Next Level in2019.