[blakeashleyjr]

I would make the jump to Signal. It's super easy and secure. Has all the features you'd need (minus the online status). It's how I communicate with my whole family.

[tombert]

I use Signal, and I've gotten my parents to use it for texting as well, but I don't think that they have used Signal desktop.

That's likely what we'll end up using since I've already onboarded my mom and my dad on this.