Nooni's advice is good, you'll get to know people for a year or so and your parents might feel more comfortable about it then.
As a full time student you could get a campus job. If you get an off-campus job you have to pay for gas/transportation/safely issues/getting to class on time issues/parking issues if you have a car.
Since you said it's cheaper for you to dorm (are you sure? I paid $200 a month for transportation to commute, but that's still much cheaper than several grand per semester to dorm), obviously it's not about money for your parents, they want you to be in a good environment, and in dorms you're stuck with all kinds of people, even if your roommate is nice the people next door might be loud troublemakers. Scope out the college for a semester or two and then you can see if dorming is for you. You can make friends and hear horror stories or positive experiences of people who dorm and know what to expect much better than you would right now.
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