Preference for patterns of outcomes that improve over time is termed negative time preference, in economics. In lay terms, this concept equates to "saving the best for last. " Generally, adults tend to prefer to postpone their more preferred outcomes when options are presented as a sequence of events.Event sequencing seems particularly relevant for children who exhibit food refusal or selectivity. Preference for the sequencing of bites when an array involved preferred and relatively non-preferred foods was evaluated. Participants experienced pre-programed bite sequences that improved, worsened, or remained fixed across trials, and we assessed participants' preference for each of the bite sequences.