New iPhone 5s/iOs7 Won't Send Text Messages to 4s/iOs 6.1

Hello,
My husband got a new iPhone 5s (iOs7) yesterday and when he sends a text message to my 4s (iOs 6.1), I don't get it. On his screen, the texts from him are blue. If he holds down the message and sends as text, I get them, and on my screen they are white.
I did do a bit of research and tried resetting the network settings and turning on SMS but it didn't work at all.
Can anyone give me a hand please? The poor man has been dealing with a belligerent, messed up Android phone for months, waiting to get this iPhone and now we can't text each other :-P Is this something we will have to live with until Apple fixes it?
Thank you,
Gina

jkplunkett wrote:
So strange.  I receive texts in established chat threads but if I try to start a new conversation, it gets bounced back as "not delivered".  I'm facing a future when I may have to revert to talking to people on the phone again.  Help.  Please.
Which type of messages are you having a problem with, iMessages (blue) or SMS (green)? Or both?

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