1 Kings 1:6
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
David never displeased Adonijah at any time, never rebuking, correcting, restraining, or requiring him to answer for his conduct, not even by asking why he had acted as he did, and this indulgence ran from his childhood onward. Adonijah was a very handsome man. His mother bore him after Absalom. The statement stands at the introduction to his bid for the throne in David's old age, in a rebellion that nearly made him king.
That indulgence left Adonijah unprincipled and reckless. It helped him grow willful and rebellious, unwilling to accept reproof or to honor his father. His handsome appearance did not make him fit to rule. He rebelled against God's appointment of Solomon as king.
The failure to restrain, guide, and correct a child carries grave consequences, since it can produce disrespect and disobedience. The same pattern of no one correcting a person or questioning what he is doing applies to unchecked control, as in Glenn's unchecked control of the office.