Raising two kids I've come to think that this is almost always the case. The reasons may be based on misunderstandings but they are logically coherent in the context. A lot of times they may have a hard time explaining it, especially when an adult loses their temper because they decide the thing is just a folly.
In my kids' school they are not allowed to wear shoes indoors, but my son refused to take his off and wouldn't explain why to the teachers. It drove them mad, and we got phone-calls and emails telling us this had to stop that he must obey the same rules as the rest of the kids! We spoke to him (without reproach) and slowly we realize that he knows his shoes are expensive (because they are pronation) and it turns out that someone had hidden them before. After we explain to the teachers he is allowed to keep is shoes by his desk as long as they are not on his feet. Problem solved.