Teen Mom Farrah Abraham prepares daughter Sophia for big milestone ahead of 16th birthday

Farrah Abraham and her daughter Sophia are preparing to celebrate a major new change ahead of the teen's 16th birthday.

As Sophia approaches the age that Farrah was when she began appearing on 16 And Pregnant, she has been preparing to learn to drive with her mother.

The mother–daughter duo were recent dropping by a car dealership in a photo Farrah reposted to Instagram over the week.

Her daughter, who recently started affecting a rebellious goth style, is eligible for a learner's permit in California began at age 15 1/2, so she is potentially only days away from being able to hit the open road — as long as she has adult supervision.

'@sophialabraham Car shopping,' Farrah captioned a photo of Sophia admiring a sleek black vehicle.

Farrah Abraham and her daughter Sophia are preparing to celebrate a major new change ahead of the teen's 16th birthday. As Sophia approaches the age that Farrah was when she began appearing on 16 And Pregnant, she has been preparing to get her learner's permit

Farrah's daughter Sophia is only days away from turning 15 1/2, meaning she'll soon be eligible for a learner's permit in California. The Teen Mom star shared a photo over the weekend of her daughter while they went car shopping

Farrah's only child perfectly matched the car in a black T-shirt and shorts, along with matching black trainers.

Earlier this month, the reality star posted a fun video of herself quizzing Sophia ahead of her first time behind the wheel.

Farrah opened by asking Sophia what she thought could be better about a hypothetical 'driving experience' and the car she would be using that day.

But that only teed her up to snarkily reply, 'My own car.'

Then Farrah appeared to go over a checklist for her daughter to keep in mind once she was actually driving.

But the video took an oddly philosophical turn next.

'OK, what's realer? Real life or online?' Farrah quizzed Sophia.

'Real life,' Sophia responded, which was the answer her mother was hoping for.

Afterward, the aspiring driver took a seat behind the wheel of her mother's SUV, though she only adjusted the seat in the clip.

'It looks like your head's a little too forward. Do you need me to help you?' Farrah teased Sophia as the purple-haired teen leaned the seat backward while giving her mother a steely glare. 

Farrah revealed that one of the things her daughter was hoping to do once she could drive on her own was to pick up mice to feed to her pet snake, and the 15-year-old added that she was also looking forward to going on 'road trips.'

The Teen Mom star ended her clip with what seemed like another non sequitur, as she praised services including Instacart and DoorDash for allowing her to stay home and avoid taking a drive to pick them up. 

Earlier this month, the reality star posted a fun video of herself quizzing Sophia ahead of her first time behind the wheel. She asked what could make the first time 'better,' and Sophia snarkily replied, 'My own car'

But the video took an oddly philosophical turn next. 'OK, what's realer? Real life or online?' Farrah quizzed Sophia. 'Real life,' Sophia responded

Regular viewers of Teen Mom would likely have been shocked by Farrah's wise-cracking daughter and how much Sophia had changed since she was a pre-teen; Farrah and Sophia pictured in 2018 in Santa Monica

In place of the vibrant colors, tulle skirts and sparkling sequins that Sophia once gravitated toward, she now favors all-black goth-style clothing; pictured with her mother in 2019 in Hollywood

She may have intended to suggest those service apps to other parents who either didn't want to drive or didn't want their teenage children driving, as she captioned her post: 'ARE YOU READY TO DRIVE? @sophialabraham, Parents my favorite apps and this checklist is everything.'

In another related clip, Farrah made it clear that she was teaching Sophia about topics including defensive driving and how to navigate car insurance.

She again set her daughter up to dunk on her when she asked for an example of something that could cause distracted driving, to which Sophia replied: 'You.' 

Regular viewers of Teen Mom would likely have been shocked by Farrah's wise-cracking daughter and how much Sophia had changed since she was a pre-teen.

In place of the vibrant colors, tulle skirts and sparkling sequins that Sophia once gravitated toward, she now favors all-black goth-style clothing.

She has also taken to dying her brunette hair jet black and accenting it with purple or blue.

Last year, Farrah courted controversy when she posted a video of Sophia getting multiple face piercings to celebrate her 14th birthday.

But she defended herself against concerned fans by noting that the piercings were done by professionals.

Farrah added that she objected to parents who look the other way at underage drinking or teen sex — a viewpoint she adopted after becoming a teen mother herself — and she hoped that letting Sophia get piercings was a safer, more supervised form of teenage rebellion.

Farrah became a reality fixture–turned–social media star after she was cast on MTV's 16 And Pregnant in 2009, which she was actually 17.

Last year, Farrah courted controversy when she posted a video of Sophia getting multiple face piercings to celebrate her 14th birthday

But she defended herself, saying the piercings were done by professionals. She said it was a safer form of teenage rebellion than underage drinking or having sex as a teen, a view she adopted after becoming a teen mother herself

Farrah appeared on 16 And Pregnant in 2008, when she was actually 17. She gave birth two months after Sophia's father Derek Underwood was killed in a car crash; pictured together in Amsterdam in June 2023

She experienced tragedy ahead of Sophia's birth, as her daughter's father Derek Underwood was killed in a car crash just two months before her birth.

Controversy erupted during Farrah's tenure on the series and on its follow-up, Teen Mom, after she filmed two pornographic videos with the porn star James Deen in 2013.

Then, in 2017, she was fired from Teen Mom due to her work in the adult industry, after other stars of the series had previously complained that she was a bad role model.

Despite that, she was still invited back as a guest in 2022 for the first season of the sequel series Teen Mom: Family Reunion.