HBO aged up all the kid characters a bit, which frankly they needed to do and GRRM himself has said he would do if he could start over. The stuff Arya and Bran do is not really believable for their ages, so you had to play them older. Dany is 14 when the book starts, but that obviously wouldn't work on the show given her sex scenes. Robb is 15 or 16, Theon is 18 or 19, and Jon is about 14 or 15, all of those are too young for what they do. GRRM missed the mark on ages in the books. The show ages for the actors and actresses work much better and are much more believable.
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