Agreed -- the best way to get a moral through (at least, in writing) is to use a story to make a point. Turning this into something like a fable - a day in the life of one of these kids - will make this more interesting [more imagery, a character/speaker to get attached to, things happening to them] and less obvious.
As for the line lengths... if you're going to be rewriting this, write a few lines and see how long they end up being, and then try and keep the rest of the poem within a syllable or two of that length [the lines will probably match up on the page] -- and then, if you're going for a more regulated/formal rhythm, you can play with the wording.
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