[2] Tate, a former New Jersey high school teacher, used what he had learnt about his 14 and 15-year-old students being parents to write the song.
[8] John O'Day of WMML in Mobile, Alabama said that Tate had come up with a timely message and the radio audience would be cheated if it wasn't heard.
Referring to the record as having a timely topic, the reviewer noted that it was slowly getting recognition on radio and that it could be a sleeper.
[10] In the New Releases section of the June 30 issue of The Gavin Report by Betty Hollers and Brian Samson, Tate's smooth vocals and song invoking intense emotions were noted.
The previous week, Dennis Scott of KDKO had called in his report and remarked that the song was blowing people away.
[12] On the week of August 25, Radio & Records showed the track as receiving a good amount of airplay with most of the action being in the Midwest and South.