I was in high school and college in the ‘70s, and one thing that has been “interesting” to watch has been to see many contemporaries who lived like hippies in their own young lives turn into fairly strict parents years later.
Not saying that all turned into FR conservatives, but there were plenty who saw how messed up some of our classmates turned out to be and didn’t seem to want anything similar for their own kids.
A close friend of mine from high school, total hippy, very rebellious, dad a small businessman, Nixon supporter... We no longer talk, but I happen to know she’s a committed conservative now. Mutual friends can’t believe it.