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I think a good portion of it relates to how we treat kids now. Wasn't that long ago when kids really didn't get a childhood, unless they were rich. I know my own dad, started working a normal full time job at 13, and at 16 he was in the teamsters. Before he started working, he helped on the family farm. Things were expected of him, so he did his part. That shaped who he was, matured him quicker. Part of why I was initially drawn into the series, was because of how much Ned Stark reminded me of him. If you had been reading the books 100 or even 50 years ago, would you have thought things all that bizarre?
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