Dear Mr SepAnx
As a parent myself, I completely understand the predicament you find yourself in. You are effectively stuck between a rock and a hard place!
On the one hand, you have the ability to change your financial circumstances as you would be earning around ten times your current salary! But on the other hand, this would potentially be at the expense of your family i.e. not being around to continue raising your daughter and providing support to your mum.
My personal view is that accepting a 3 year contract overseas would have massive consequences on the development of your young daughter. It is in their early years that they are at their most vulnerable. A young child needs a constant and stable family structure and as you're a single parent this would leave all parental responsibilities on your mother (hence an added burden to her). Also, 3 years would bring about massive changes in your daughter's physical and mental development, something which I can assure you you'd regret missing out on! Finally, there could also be the risk that the close bond that you share with her is irreparably broken.
I would be interested to know a little more about your current situation so as to establish whether there might be some sort of compromise deal. For instance, might there be some scope to work remotely and hence be able to spend some time working from home?
Might there be the option to take your family with you for the duration of your contract? I appreciate that uprooting is not an ideal situation, particularly when you child reaches school age. However, I can't emphasise enough how important it is to 'stick together'.
As a final note, I'll leave you with this:
"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." Alexander Graham Bell
You obviously have talent to have been offered this position. If it does pass you by, other opportunities lay in wait! Stay positive my friend!
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That's me screwed then! Ha ha!